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Journalism lives
Published on 2011-03-12 08:38:23
More than once in this blog I’ve noted the lack of effort some reporters make when producing a story. I understand they’re under job pressure and under deadline, especially knowing these days that their bosses know (and care) how many pe > read more
The world
Published on 2011-02-25 08:52:28
seems to have gone all nuts lately (not unlike Charlie Sheen, it seems). But maybe it always was and it’s just the internets that allows us to witness it. On the international front we’ve got countries tossing off their leaders left and r > read more
Poor dog
Published on 2011-02-12 12:50:46
Ol’ 85 Pounds o’ Love is a little lighter today. He had to have that rapidly growing cyst removed this week. The surgery was Thursday; he came home today. They sent a lampshade with him because he was licking his surgery spot this mornin > read more
A year and a half later . . .
Published on 2011-01-28 09:10:09
Things were quiet there for a while. Now they’ve heated up again but they’re still not getting it right (the media, that is). Nor are they making an effort to get it right. In fact, they’re kind of avoiding that because the truth (i > read more
January 26, 2011
Published on 2011-01-26 09:22:14
I had quite a scare yesterday. I was petting my dog and ran my hands down his sides because he likes to be scratched the entire length of his spine. I stopped when I found a huge lump—the size of my hand—on his side. My heart stopped as w > read more
January 18, 2011
Published on 2011-01-18 17:18:39
Okay, I’ve had enough of January and we’re only a little past mid-point. But it’s been cold-cold pretty much solid since November and we’ve had very little of the good snow. It was February last year when we had that double- > read more
January 9, 2011
Published on 2011-01-09 17:47:29
When bad things happen, humans want to figure out why it happened as though if they know the reason then it won’t happen again (sometimes that works, sometimes it doesn’t). But blaming one particular politician for the tragedy in Tucson y > read more
Published on 2011-01-06 10:00:16
Photo on the front page of the Harrisburg Patriot-News this morning to mark Pat Toomey’s swearing-in as PA’s new senator: Yeah, kid, we feel the same way . . . > read more
Poor Joe Pisarcik
Published on 2010-12-20 15:50:57
Searches yesterday and today on this blog specified “1970s” and “football,” so I knew they weren’t looking for Joe Pizarchik. But every time a football player screws up royally right at the end of a game, the name of > read more
The Year of Terry
Published on 2010-12-11 08:47:48
I’ve been thinking lately about a wrap-up blog entry on the Year of Terry. I know I have three weeks left in the year and I’ll write an all-encompassing one then, but I think I’ve had my pinnacle. My job-hunting days are over (I hop > read more
November 18, 2010
Published on 2010-11-18 18:39:30
I would like to congratulate Lisa Murkowski for her win in Alaska. Some might ask why, since we’re not the same party. One reason: she didn’t quit. When things got tough, she kept going. And she succeeded. It galls me that Sarah Palin too > read more
Fact checking
Published on 2010-11-18 11:24:47
Once again we have a story that was repeated by numerous sources without anyone checking the facts—the cost of the president’s trip to India. Then Anderson Cooper, instead of just letting Michelle Bachman get away with a lie, looked into > read more
Ode to a coffee cup
Published on 2010-11-16 12:32:59
I’m test-driving a new coffee cup today. The cup that holds the morning brew is without a doubt a very important cog in the day’s wheel. Get the wrong cup and the day will never recover. I pity people who drink their coffee out of a tak > read more