You’re Never Too Old To Be a Porn Star
Debbie, known as De’Bella, has a day job as an administrative assistant in the sex business, but one day decided that she too wanted to get in front of the camera. She’s 50, and still looks pretty hot, so she now makes porn movies joining a large number of oldsters […]
Where Do They Keep the Coffee Filters?
Waking up early after a difficult night’s sleep. We are visiting dear friends down in Pelham Manor NY, and I’m up early with no one else around yet. I try to make some of the coffee I brought from the cafe, but can’t find the filters. You know the feeling […]
Ouch! That Smarts….Good People Move On
Oh that smarts! I’ve just experienced what retail business owners know all too well. Just when you’re happy and feeling like your staff is running like a well-oiled machine, something happens. Oh no, not that conversation. “I have to tell you something,” said Britt, my beloved cafe manager. “I’m going […]
How to Get Three Giants Out of Quicksand
Jason Miller writes on Web Pro news about the ultimate web merger and google killer. “How do you get three giants out of quicksand? The biggest giant eats the other two and makes a boat from their bones. That seems to be Wall Street’s approach to building an apt competitor […]
Don’t You Hate it When the Shingles Give off Shocks?
Up ridiculously early this morning, for some reason five am seemed like time to rise. Jumped on the laptop and read the Boston Herald…a truly scary tale of a man who built his dreamhouse 27 feet from high tension wires. The flourescent lights in the house were going on when […]
Ball Bummer: Why Didn’t They Ask the Players?
The January issue of Business West came by mail, thanks to the Chamber of Commerce whose members now get it free. Inside was a sad story similar to the New Coke disaster of 1985–The Spaulding Ball Bummer of 2006. Local company Spaulding introduced a new basketball to be used in […]
Good Bye Gib
I got the news the other day that Gib Fullerton had passed away. Gib was the guy who hired me for my first newspaper job, back when the Valley Advocate was located in downtown Amherst. I remember applying for the job once, then not getting it, and coming back a […]
Right On Arnold!
Arnold Schwartzeneger has become the most progressive and clear-headed governor on the environment. He was profiled by the Washington Post today. “This year he signed the nation’s first environmental law of its kind, committing the state to lowering its greenhouse gas production to 1990 levels by 2020 and setting up […]