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Carly Simon gets a phone call most days that begins, ‘this call is from a federal prison.’ Simon’s godson is named John Forte, and he’s serving 14 years in prison for drug trafficking. He calls his good buddy “Mamma C” every day to check in and catch up. “He’s become […]
Tina Brown opines about Sunday talking head fests in today’s Washington Post. “Bono looked very much at home on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday talking about Third World debt. So much so that the future path for Sunday morning talk shows became blindingly obvious: Dispense with politicians altogether. They have […]
Poaching is the biggest killer of mountain gorillas, says New Scientist News, but respiratory diseases come a close second, accounting for about a quarter of deaths, according to a major survey. Around 700 mountain gorillas live in two separate populations, one in Uganda and the other in a region that […]
Corina Zappia writes hilariously in the Village Voice about a new crop of scented panties for women. “Ladies, are we moving forward? Looking at those TV commercials for Kotex Ultra Thin from a while back, the answer is: No. If you remember the ad, their “quieter pouch” allows for a […]
Holyoke now has the same bear problem that Westhampton, Northampton and so many other towns have. Spotted last night in Cindy’s backyard, a bigger bear than this one.
Brett Arends writes in today’s Boston Herald about the pathetic state of American PR offices. “Media offices where everyone has left by 4:51 pm on a big news day. This sort of stuff would be a disciplinary offense in any decent public relations office in the U.K. But it’s amazingly […]
Joel Silverstein wrote in Ack’s Inquirer-Mirror last week, an inspiring tale. “A near catastrophe resulted in a triumph of humanity last week for the 15 Nantucket students and five adult chaperones volunteering for the God’s Child Project, a nonprofit relief organization for impoverished children in Antigua, Guatemala. The group had […]
Across the street at 7 am, BEEP BEEP BEEP! the men arrived again with their big machines. A flatbed groaning with the weight of a small paving machine, and an enormous roller all on our 12 foot wide little street…barely any room for another car to pass by. Seven men […]
Tagging is a buzzword among bloggers and the technorati crowd. I am trying desperately to grasp what this is, but it has something to do with subjects that people are blogging about, and identifying ones blog with these tags so that people know that the subject they care about is […]
Today’s NY Times includes a story about the relocation of the Fulton Fish Market to the Bronx, and includes this description of some of the people who work there by Dan Barry. “Some lights of the market stand before the silvery truck of a man who calls himself Steve the […]
Wired magazine, the bible of the tech set, may have its finger on the pulse of all that’s cool. But the San Francisco publication has been using decidedly uncool tactics when it comes to getting some people to renew their subscriptions. Here is one former subscriber’s story, from sfgate.com First […]