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Read any good books lately?Let’s hope so but…probably not It’s tough to be a person who writes while operating in a society that is reading less. While there are more things to read, people are reading less. A 2025 study... Read More
In the month of February during my senior year of high school, I got a five- week job at WQED. The unique way I got the job has been written about in other venues and the story has been told... Read More
Avid baseball fan, friend (and former softball teammate) Gary Sciulli is passionate about a play that happened in the 1960 World Series. In the 7th game. And a home run is not involved.... Read More
Baseball season is almost here. At many points in the season, a player on the Local Nine will strike out at a time when a base hit is needed and a different player will make an error on a ball... Read More
You most likely didn’t know Nikki Giovanni passed away in December 2024 because you didn’t know who she was. Ms. Giovanni was a poet and an educator. A small section of her impressive Wikipedia page follows: Yolande Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni Jr.[1][2] (June 7,... Read More
December 12th should already be a holiday. It’s Frank Sinatra’s birthday. But the day will now become an actual holiday—one that Hallmark will not make cards for. This year—and every year thereafter—December 12th will be known as National “Sibling Get... Read More
The most important thing you need to read before we get too deep in the holiday season… In the book How To Be Old there is an epilogue containing information on “aging subjects” that didn’t get a chapter of their... Read More
(Part Two of Two) Before I share the one useful thing that Steeltown Entertainment did, let me share a story. On occasion, they would hold a Crew Connect event at a local bar. Individuals interested in the filmmaking process would... Read More
I’ve been to 21 countries, including my own. I’ve had alcohol in 19 of them. (The two alcohol free countries? Japan and Luxemburg). Alcohol has been part of my life—and probably yours—for a long time. But not this October. This... Read More