This is the 48th Blog Off topic we’ve introduced and it’s also the last. Painful though it may be, it’s time to just admit that this bloggery phenomenon has seen its day in the sun and at this point, it’s in the rear view mirror. Gerard and I have been carrying this thing and as [...]
This is the 48th Blog Off topic we’ve introduced and it’s also the last. Painful though it may be, it’s time to just admit that this bloggery phenomenon has seen its day in the sun and at this point, it’s in the rear view mirror. Gerard and I have been carrying this thing and as [...]
Less than a thousand years ago, some idiot climbed into a leaky boat and sailed off toward the edge where the sky met the water. His friends pleaded with him not to go, that he would fall off the face of the Earth. But he went. And he returned. Eighteen years ago, The Shawshank Redemption [...]
Tell us your favorite flower story. Do you like flowers? Do they make you sneeze? Do you have a favorite? Or maybe you have a least favorite.
The Girl Scouts do their best this time every year to make sure we are stuffed to the gills with cookies. Boxes of those cookies — complete with pleading, eager young faces feeding us a side of guilt — are everywhere; at the office, in front of the library, at your grocery store. What the [...]
In an era where everyone who’s anyone publishes content to the internet, the English language is being abused like never before. While it’s true that English is a remarkably adjustable tongue, there are some rules. We pride ourselves around here with our strict adherence to AP Style. Even that changes with alarming regularity. So it [...]
You can read a tweet with some lyrics snippet or hear it briefly while on hold or as you pass by a local shop. Sometimes a brief listen to a radio station as you flip the dials will put a song in your head. And you can’t get rid of it.
It’s been said that the most powerful sense is the scent. It has been used by retailers to enhance the shopping experience, by perfume-makers to make you feel more attractive and restaurants to enhance a dining experience. Smell even stole the show in the movie Annie when she was saying goodbye to Daddy Warbucks for [...]
What stories from the generations that proceeded you are the stories you hold close? What story your grandmother, grandfather, uncle, aunt or elderly neighbor stands out for you? How do these stories affect your daily life now?
Maybe I’ve read one too many “letters to my 16-year old self” or perhaps the pangs of regret have been nipping at the heels of my mortality as I feel time rushing by at double-time each year I age, but this struck me as a great theme for a Lets Blog Off when I found [...]
It’s a new year. Just like with every year, January brings with it the promise of a new way to go about doing things and a new way to look about life as you know it.