I’ve never read anything by J.D. Salinger, who died today. But I love his quote … “I hope to hell that when I do die somebody has the sense to just dump me in the river or something. Anything except sticking me in a goddam cemetary. People coming and putting
I don’t visit Amazon all that often, unless I’m ordering something. Today, however, I wanted to see when my Clemens book is scheduled to come out in paperback. While there, I noticed Boys Will Be Boys has a whopping (for me) 58 reviews. Most of them were excellent. However …
My daughter is 6-years old, and she recently completed her first full-length book, Diary of a Wimpy Kid. I am conflicted. On the one hand, I’m thrilled by her interest in books. We started force-feeding print upon her when Casey was just an infant. She’d lie on her back, and
This man might become a United State Senator. He really might. Staggering. If you are in a rush, start watching at the three-minute mark … says it all
This was released today from John McCain: In his State of the Union address, President Obama asked Congress to repeal the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy. I am immensely proud of, and thankful for, every American who wears the uniform of our country, especially at a time of war, and
As we speak, I am in the midst of planning my 20-year high school reunion. I’m not exactly sure how I ended up with the gig. Hell, not only did I fail to hold any sort of student governmental position back at Mahopac High School … I actually ran FIVE
Told myself I wouldn’t watch tonight’s State of the Union. Told myself again. And again. And again. Then (sigh) I watched it. Not all of it. But a good chunk. And, once again, I’m reminded why I voted for Barack Obama. Yes, he’s a great speaker. But the message was
So I thought Paul Shirley’s essay on Haiti was really, really, really, really stupid. But do I think ESPN should have dumped him as a contributor, as it did? No. If I haven’t said this before, ESPN gives me the creeps. I’m a liberal guy who cringes at hate words.
Paul Shirley was a journeyman basketball player. Now he is offering his take on Haiti—and how, since the people are poor, they deserve jack s***. His money excerpt: Shouldn’t there be some discourse on how the millions of dollars that are being poured into Haiti will be spent? And at
I’m sitting in my neighborhood Starbucks, where they charge the average person $4.15 for a Caffe Mocha but give the drinks away for free to the local police officers. I know I’m supposed to be a good sport here; to love the police and be thankful for their services. And,