Staff blogs
TV still a vast wasteland?
Fifty years ago a man named Newton Minow, who was the head of the Federal Communications Commission, gave a speech to the National Association of Broadcasters in which he characterized the television landscape as a "vast wasteland". This is akin to telling a room full of young mothers that, "All ...
TEE Shots (Senior Writer Tom Embrey)
Along for the Ride -- Again
Out of the mouths of babes and adults you will hear things that will leave you without words.
Guitarists' Advice Needed
I've been playing the acoustic guitar for 2 years and have hit a plateau in my music. I've tried to get past it by playing everyday, learning new songs, styles, et all, but I still feel like I need to invest in a better guitar in order to create a better sound. Any opinions on the best acoustic guitar brands out there?
The most sobering video from Japan's earthquake
If you haven't seen this video, it is the most telling I've ever seen regarding a tsunami. The power of water is clearly displayed. It's long, about 5 minutes, but you will get a new appreciation for what the people in Japan are dealing with now in its aftermath. link ...
Sometimes in Life, Things Happen That Make You Question Fate
A close-call auto accident leaves me questioning fate.
Frank Sports Talk (F.W. Manning II)
Time Shall Tell Where the 2011 Vikes Fit in UPHS Baseball History
This season's UP Baseball Team is clearly one of the best in the school's history and could challenge the 2007 team for the unofficial title of "best ever"...if not this season than certainly next year.
That Ol' Black Magic
So there I was, settling into my usual Sunday evening ritual of digesting my evening meal and the events of the past two days relaxation and recreation when a piece of music on the T.V. caught my ear. It was obviously an older piece of music and although the lyrics ...
Antique Tackle Show this weekend
For any fishing friends out there, assuming I have some, there is a big antique tackle collectors show this weekend at the Days Inn Conference Center. That won't mean much to some of you, but antique lures are highly collectable and some bring really big prices. I was talking with ...
Stressed at Work? You're Not Alone
It might not come as a big surprise, but according to a recent Harris Interactive Poll reported by thinkstock.com, more than 3/4 of the working population feels anxiety caused by stress at work. The most common cause was low pay from the job, which 14% of respondents said they were ...
TEE Shots (Senior Writer Tom Embrey)
Definitely No 'O' in this Title Game
No 'O' or 'D' in Hoops title game, just plenty of UGLY.
A Reason to Blog
Finally a reason to blog, No Mad Men till 2012 !? what the heck. Depending on who you listen to, by the way, Washington has nothing on the Hollywood spin doctors, its either the creator standing up for the integrity of the series, or he is money hunger, I suspect ...
Is anyone going to win the office pool?
Everyone who put a buck in the NCAA men's basketball office pool is scratching their collective head, trying to figure out what happened. (Does anyone bet on the women's tournament?) No one could have guessed the combination of Final Four teams that came to pass. Everyone around here assumed either ...
Aw, just shut up
As if the world weren't in enough turmoil this week, D.C. Douglas and Gilbert Gottfried -- the voices of, respectively, the Geico gecko and the Afflac duck -- were fired. Douglas left an insulting voice mail for a Tea Party group called Freedom Works. Gottfried Twittered insensitive remarks about the ...
Quote of the week- or decade
I suspect this quote from Steven Pearlstein of the Washington Post won't make anyone happy, but I think it's profound in light of what we have seen transpire in our nation's economy over the past decade. I've said to friends we're in a shakedown period, where a very large percentage, ...
Big hole golf - a fun idea
Unfortunately I won't be able to play in the golf tournament tomorrow at Pine Needles, but it's got to be a fun event. I'm as serious about the game as the next hacker, but the idea of putting to a golf cup that's 15 inches wide makes me salivate. Think ...
Kiss and tell...
This was a bad week for, uh, babymaking. Brigham Young University basketball star Brandon Davies was removed from the squad for admitting to premarital sex with his girlfriend. This and other acts -- drinking coffee, tea, alcoholic beverages among them -- are forbidden to all students of the Mormon university, ...
