Monthly Archives: January 2011

R.I.P. Arthur C. Clarke

Say the name Arthur C. Clarke and some people will connect him with the Stanley Kubrick movie “2001: A Space Odyssey.” Most won’t. But the unvarnished truth is that Arthur C. Clarke touches your life every single day in at … Continue reading

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click here for today’s rant Blog post for Friday 1/21/11 – 19 degrees at 6:24 AM – 5 inches of snow A radio rant, of sorts. My dad did say when he learned of my career choice – “Why don’t … Continue reading

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Colder than the last mans ass on a toboggan

Think about the phrase “dead of winter.” There is no phrase like that for summer, fall or spring that I know of. That’s because winter can kill you dead, while those other sissy seasons can’t even maim you. Oh I … Continue reading

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Well we got no class and we got no principals and we got no innocence

Want to see todays’ rant? Click here Blog post for Thursday 1/20/11 – 6:30 AM, 20 degrees and dark Today is the first day of the Spring term at L.C.C.C. It was to have been Tuesday but the weather stepped … Continue reading

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Play dead.

The squirrels have taken up residence in the attic again. It’s been a couple of years since the bushy tailed critters have made the space above our heads their home and I can’t say I am on the welcome wagon … Continue reading

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Nocturnal emissions

Today’s rant is here. Click it! Blog post for Wednesday 1/19/11 – 31 degrees and about 1″ of snow. The squirrel is back. It could be the same squirrel who played hide and seek with the Christmas light but my … Continue reading

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Winter Blues

This winter has been the worst fall of my life. Let me explain. I can never remember the amount of ice that we have had this winter. At least part of the cause this year was that storm a few … Continue reading

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What’s in a name? that which we call a rose

Go to today’s rant by clicking here Blog-post for Tuesday 1/18/11-25 degrees 6:32 AM  First day of L.C.C.C. spring term with snow, ice sleet and a compressed schedule! This may (probably will) turn into a column. You can see how … Continue reading

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Writing redux

Writing five of these rants weekly has been an experience. Oddly enough when I was knee high to a married grasshopper writing was what I wanted to do. Then I got bitten by the radio bug and that was, as … Continue reading

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Am I a Journalist?

For those of you wishing to cut to the chase here is today’s rant Blog post for Monday 1/17/11 – 6:08 AM 11 degrees My father wrote in a journal every day of his life. Wrote. On paper. With ink. … Continue reading

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