Author Archives: James Rising

Saturday Morning Aggregate: Is it funny that to make the blog post for my Juicing appear at the top of the stack the control is called “Sticky”. Juice? Sticky? OK I am punchy, I guess. – Long ass night to … Continue reading →

It’s a Steve Martin routine and the name of one of his albums from 1977. For me as a kid growing up in the early 60’s it was far more than that. Ever push on your eyes to create fireworks? … Continue reading →

Tuesday Review: 11/22/63 A Novel – Stephen King Full disclosure: I am a fan of Mr. King. I have read everything he has written and seen every movie adaptation and made for TV adaptation (wretched as some of them are) … Continue reading →

I have a dispute with the hotel we are staying at. We have had NO problem with this place for over ten years of two stays yearly. We made friends with the front desk person and she always took care … Continue reading →

Sunday Wrap 11/21/11-11/26/11 A look back at the past weeks postings. Many times I forget that people need a little road map to the things that get put up on my blog so this is the best way I know … Continue reading →

Aggregate Saturday Shopping on Black Friday What are you, nuts? Yes-if not before, after. Not the typical day. A stop at Dollar General-suspiciously empty. As we entered the girl (lone) behind the register yelled to a stock boy “I’m bored.” … Continue reading →

I flew (with the LSW to verify this) first class exactly one time in my life. Denver to Philly. To this day I am sure it was an accident on the part of the airline. They gave me the boarding … Continue reading →

Andrea Truden arrived in New York from Nashville in 1968 with a yearning for stardom and no fixed idea about how to achieve it. She landed bit parts in a slew of movies, including “The Way We Were.” She sang … Continue reading →

Radio DaZe: Thanksgiving In my early career I worked every holiday because I was low man on the totem pole. Later on I worked them because I wanted to. In most cases I pulled the AM drive shift. Stuffing the … Continue reading →

Weekender Column- I am Thankful for… On this day before Thanksgiving I thought I would come up with a list of things I am thankful for. It didn’t turn out quite like I planned. I wanted it to be all … Continue reading →