Today was a testy day. A day of annoyances, flashes of temper, and weariness from the many tasks that lay before the cafe owner and web publisher. First, taken to task about sloppiness in my kitchen duties. Then, told by a prospective hire, ‘hey, I’m worth way more than you’re […]
Crackpipe. You know those little vials you can find in most convenience stores, little rose on the side? Those are for drug users to turn them into crackpipes.
There’s a problem, you see, a problem in River City…a problem that extends throughout this great big land of ours. It’s railcars. I read today in the WSJ that many small towns are battling a new scourge: miles and miles of unused, stored freight train cars that cut many communities […]
Last night I went out late to a party in Springfield. With my new regimen that no longer includes booze, it’s much easier to envision a safe drive back and forth late at night…and there was no way I’d miss Jackie and Mark’s annual Oscar Party. I got there and […]
Why didn’t they think of this 200 million junked chargers ago? At a meeting of the mobile phone industry, a sudden agreement was reached to one of the most vexing and frustrating aspects of owning a cellphone. How do you charge it and how come the chargers are all #$*! […]
I think a good way to judge how successful a speaking engagement is would be the number of people who want to ask questions, and how many come down to introduce themselves after you’re all done. On these two scores, my Search Engine Optimizing presentation at the Boston Globe Travel […]
I stayed a bit late at the office last night, my friend Joe helped me put the finishing touches on my power point slides that I’ll use today at 2:30 pm at the Boston Globe Travel Show. I will begin the day at the Holyoke Y, then hop in the […]
I visited the market in my hometown of Blawenburg this morning and found a copy of the NY Post. Inside there was a story that grabbed my attention…about celebrities who use the popular Twitter program to share short messages with the world. (People’s twitter addresses are www.twitter.com/their name) in case […]
C. Alan Bittner is not available to do liposculpting in his Beverly Hills clinic at this time. That’s because he is currently living in an unidentified South American country “where I can help those most in need.” He spoke with Rhonda Rundle of the WSJ by telephone, shortly before the […]
How many people can say that at age 50, they spend the weekend in the house where they grew up? Often I think about how lucky I am to have to parents who have been happily married for 56 years and still live in the comfortable old Colonial house they […]
Leaving this morning for a trip to visit family in Princeton NJ. I love the chance to see these folks because they’re always welcoming and interested in what we are all doing. We will also give them a chance to meet and hang out with little Sophie. Gotta do some […]
On my way to Holyoke last night, I saw a strange big blob of light…then I realized it was a car on fire…and behind it was a nearly mile-long line of headlights. I sent this video to CBS 3 News, I am not sure if it ever made it on […]