Words

Believe me, I have a hard time putting a sentence together sometimes but, because it's my job, I try my best. When I was in college and, actually, when I started working at the newspaper, I was taught to read my stories out loud to make sure they made sense. Now, because it's my job to read them out loud, that's a lot easier to do ... and it makes my job a lot easier. Anyway, as I was reading a story in the newspaper about a local festival that is requiring people to buy tickets to be used at food booths, I could pretty much guarantee that this newspaper writer did not read this sentence out loud:

"Tickets will be used to purchase food instead of cash."

Classic TV?

Remember when Nick-at-Nite and TV Land first started. It was so cool to see all those old tv shows -- Patty Duke, Dick VanDyke, even the Partridge Family. So, um, call me dense, but what makes Extreme Makeover: Home Edition classic tv? It's still on network tv! And, for that matter, isn't America's Funniest Home Videos still on network tv? I don't understand. Or, maybe they're looking for a younger demographic and I'm just too old. I guess that would serve me right for thinking what I think when senior citizens tell me they don't listen to our radio station because of the music. (AM is AC and FM is "high energy rockin oldies") I always want to say to them -- "We don't care if you listen or not. You're not in our demographic." By the way, two words I never thought I'd use in a sentence are "our demographic."

Airplane!-like Alex-isms

My nephew is 6 and, as far as anyone knows, he has never seen the movie "Airplane!." And, if he has, would he understand it? But this makes you wonder:

Toward the end of the last school year, he came home and was taking things out of his back pack. He showed my sister a prize he won -- a bookmark. My sister asked what it was for, meaning the prize. But he said "It's to put in your book so you don't lose your place."

While I was visiting them last week, Alex told me he got stung by a bee last year. I asked where the bee stung him. He pointed and said "Right over there in the yard."

Then, last week, his younger brother asked why a certain club is called the Hoot-n-Holler. Alex points and answers "Because of that sign right there."

PS: Lest you think the child is a bit slow -- I hesitate to call him a smart ass because he's only 6, so I'll call him a smart aleck, or smart alex, as the case may be. My sister said that their 5-year-old was asking her and her husband where "that red thing" was and he just kept bugging them, and bugging them and bugging them about it. Finally, my sister said "Alex, do you know what he's talking about?" Alex said "Yeah. He wants to know where that red thing is."

Tales of the Traffic-Law Challenged

OK. I understand that you might not know if there's "right on red" at an intersection. But, certainly, if you have a driver's license, you know there's right on green. Correct? Then why do you sit there for at least 30 seconds? Huh?

Word of the Day

My favorite word is today's word of the day. Cool.

I often wonder how many people have a favorite word.

Kind of Strange

All of a sudden I feel kind of intimidated about having to interview him. In 8 eight years, I've never felt this way. Why now?


Gotta go ... My "guest dj" is here.

Man, I miss blogging!

Update: My "guest dj" rocked! Bon Jovi, Journey, Joan Jett, Allman Brothers ... oh, all the good stuff!

Disturbing Search Result


OK. I suppose I shouldn't be disturbed by this. Heck, I shouldn't even be surprised that I was the number one result. But, I guess the reason I was a tad bit disturbed at first is that I'm not a hypochondriac anymore -- because I finally found out what's been wrong with me all this time. And it was real. So there! :P

As for the drama queen part. Well, I can't deny that.

Big-Time Movie Script

The reason I got to meet Vincent Pastore and John Fiore Saturday is that they're filming part of a movie here in the fall. "Little Chicago" is about the Prohibition era. Pastore plays Al Capone.

This is my copy of the script, autographed by Pastore, Fiore and screenwriter Carl Veno.




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It's not listed at IMDB yet, but it's still cool ... and it'll be way cooler when it is listed.

*Sigh*

I finally remembered -- and had time for -- the last post. Now it won't publish. I'm depressed. Not a "gimme drugs" depression. Just a *sigh* depression. Maybe that's my punishment for blogging at work. Yeah, like I spend so much time here not working. As you can see, sometimes I'm still a paranoid mess.



Update: I'm happy now. It's there. Now, I wish I could remember all the stuff I wanted to blog about but didn't have time for. I'll think of it, I'm sure. We'll, maybe not "sure," but it is a possibility.

Tales of the Traffic-Law Challenged

Yes, it's been a long time since I've written one of these tales. That does not -- does not! -- mean I haven't had any to write. It's just that when I think about it, I'm ususally in my car and I'm not going to blog in my car. (Another tale for another day.) Anyway, this isn't an actual law, but it is a tip for other drivers ...

Tailgating me will NOT make the person in front of me drive faster!

And, as long as I'm here ... They're called TURN SIGNALS, people! Use them!