Armless Man Stopped for Speeding
The AP had this story today. “An armless man stopped for speeding was driving with one foot on the steering wheel and another on the pedals, a policeman testified in court. Colin Smith, who was born without arms and has never held a driver’s license, appeared in court Thursday charged […]
A Treasure Trove of Reading at Nat and Val’s House
We woke up late today at Nat and Val’s house in Blawenburg. The season is ahead of our colder New England climate, so her garden is in full bloom. One thing I’m always amazed about when I visit here is the smorgasbord of reading materials at hand. The New Yorker, […]
Anticipating the Holiday Weekend
It’s already a steamy day, a Friday, a day of travel and anticipation. We’re on our way down to visit the family in Jersey, a ritual done at least every six months, but one that always excites me. I am the only member of my family who lives far away, […]
Panty Raider Gets Her Come Uppance
Laura Crimaldi writes with charming righteousness in the Boston Herald about an Andover woman who cheated welfare and stole panties from Victoria’s Secret. “A brazen lingerie hustler who lived luxuriously for years in an Andover gated community while bilking $117,500 in welfare from taxpayers is still tooling around in a […]
The Web is More than a Way to Sell Newspapers
Paul Maidment writes in Forbes.com about a meeting of newspaper execs facing the new Internet publishing world. “Even the mighty minds behind Google took several years to realize that they were a media company, not a tech company. But they and their fellow West Coasters have invented a new way […]
Mushrooms in Amsterdam: Rock On!
Seth Stevenson writes in Slate about taking mushrooms in Amsterdam, the day before he was flying home to the US. “I’m in an H&M, on the edge of the socks and accessories aisle, when the drugs begin to take hold. My body starts to yell at me: “Something is happening! […]
What Would You Do?
I came home this afternoon and there was a rare message for me on the home answering machine. Rare because nobody ever calls me at my home number, they know I am always at the office or on the cell. I listened to the voice on the tape…it wasn’t familiar, […]
Equity, Ownership Excite Ryan Seacrest
Ryan Seacrest was profiled in today’s NY Times by Lola Ogunnaike. The Idol host gets up at 4 am to do a radio show, then works for E! and has his hands in lots of other things–including hosting duties on the #1 show on TV. “Equity, ownership, production fees, license […]