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Diatribe: Even Well-Trained Dogs Can Fall Out Of Truckbeds.
There’s a dog in our neighborhood that has a bad limp. I don’t know the dog, or the people who it belongs to, but when I see it dragging a leg around I feel bad. It’s jus..
Listed on 2012-05-03 09:15:22
Ovation: The (Possible) Return Of Dippin' Dots!
When’s the last time you saw an ice cream truck? Years ago, during the summer months, during the short time between dinner and sunset, the kids in my neighborhood and those nearby, would s..
Listed on 2012-04-30 10:08:29
Ovation: The Bugs Are Going To Be Bad This Summer And The Birds In New York City Will Be Dirty.
We didn’t get a hard freeze last winter and there has been an awful lot of rain so far this spring. It stands to reason that the bugs are going to be bad this summer, spreading illness and..
Listed on 2012-04-24 08:45:52
Ovation: Staff Sergeant Anthony Loverde Reinstated After DADT Discharge.
Staff Sergeant Anthony Loverde, discharged from the U.S. Air Force in 2008 under the discriminatory “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) law, will soon return to active duty. L..
Listed on 2012-04-20 19:26:46
Diatribe: Breaking A Lease On A Haunted House.
I got my first apartment when I was in college. After three years of living in a dormitory, I found an off-campus rental unit that I could afford with a roommate. I loved having a place of..
Listed on 2012-04-15 10:08:22
Diatribe: Does Anyone Else Think “Mandatory Valet Parking” Is A Nuisance?
Prom Night, May Nineteen-Seventy-Mphmphnsk. A double date with my best buddy and his girlfriend. I went to his prom with one of his classmates instead of going to the prom at my own high school. I was..
Listed on 2012-04-03 10:20:43
Ovation: Lifetime Memories Are Made At Children's Birthday Parties.
When you’re a small child, celebrating your birthday is a really big deal. It’s the one day each year that is “yours” and you, naturally, get to be the center of attentio..
Listed on 2012-03-31 07:10:32
Diatribe: Easter Egg Hunt Cancelled Due To Aggressive Parents.
When my brother, sister and I were very small, our parents would always give us wonderful holiday celebrations. Both my mother and my father each had only one sibling of their own so our extende..
Listed on 2012-03-28 09:06:55
Ovation: Together 60 Years, Married For One, Dead Within Two Weeks.
We’ve all met them … Couples that have been together for so long that each partner has lost his or her identity and become half of the larger whole. Couples that have been married f..
Listed on 2012-03-27 09:27:58
Diatribe: People Move Across State Lines But State Lines Shouldn't Move Across People.
Anyone who has ever bought a home has seen a diagram of the plot of land that they have purchased. Property ownership is mostly determined by land surveys and great care is taken to document tra..
Listed on 2012-03-26 11:38:13