Archive for January, 2008
Posted in January 28th, 2008
My plan for Saturday night was simple, dinner and a movie at home. Maybe two movies from the pile of classics I piled up to get me through January. So much for the plan. I find myself hooked on this Presidential election season more than I have in decades and I think [...]
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Posted in January 25th, 2008
Visitors waiting in line to pay their respects to the family of Mark Tulchinsky were asked to write special memories of or lessons learned from the beloved “Mr. T” on a 3 x 5 index card Tuesday night.
Many did, and several of those remarkable stories were shared with family, friends and colleagues gathered to say [...]
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Posted in January 24th, 2008
Charlie Adams is the author of Stoke the Fire Within: A Guide to Igniting your Life (Corby Publishing) For more information on his motivational programs go to www.StokeTheFireWithin.com
Karen Murray had to “hobble” up when I “asked” her to volunteer for a part of the Stoke the Fire Within presentation. You see, Karen had [...]
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Posted in January 22nd, 2008
Larry Karazweski is a former writer on “Beyond Our Control” and is currently on loan from the Writer’s Guild of America to MikeCollinsNews.com.
Click here to view Larry’s New Hampshire photo journal
All my life I’ve been a political couch potato. I watch “Meet The Press,” read The New York Times editorial page, yell along with [...]
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Posted in January 22nd, 2008
I love the Academy Awards. Always have and always will. I have not missed the broadcast since my folks let me stay up late when I was in the 8th grade. Back then it always seemed the show was on Monday night followed by Opening Day of the baseball season the next [...]
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Posted in January 19th, 2008
I have an aunt who is a right wing dingbat. She lives somewhere in the desert. Most right wing dingbats live in the desert or the mountains of Idaho. I know this to be a natural fact because nearly all of your flying saucer sightings come from the desert or the mountains [...]
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Posted in January 18th, 2008
Rick Carter is co-host of WSBT’s WeekDay SportsBeat.
For baseball fans January is usually a time for hot stove league talk, analysis of trades that have and haven’t happened, and wistful countdowns to that magical February day when pitchers and catchers report to sun-drenched fields in Florida and Arizona. But this off-season has been clouded [...]
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Posted in January 15th, 2008
As I write this a few friends just five miles to the north are taking part in the Presidential election process. For my fellow Hoosiers this is known as a Primary Election or at least a half of one since only the Republicans are taking Michigan seriously. Here in Indiana we have a primary [...]
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Posted in January 14th, 2008
Never did I think this day would come. I am quoting Don Rumsfeld in a headline. The above is just one of Rummy’s Greatest Hits. He had enough classics to make a two disc set and sell it through a 1-800 “as seen on TV” ad. Many of them went to [...]
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Posted in January 12th, 2008
I was feeling guilty Sunday night. Guilty because feature articles in both Time and Newsweek made it pretty clear that anyone who hasn’t watched The Wire on HBO was pretty much a cultural Neanderthal. Couple that with the fact that the Sopranos is over and Big Love is on break I can’t remember [...]
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