Today I am so pleased to have Harrison Cheung as Wednesday’s Guest. Harrison has spent a number of years working in Hollywood as a talent manager, publicist, and personal assistant, and one of his clients was Christian Bale, the amazing actor who showed us another side of the legendary Batman. Harrison wrote a book based …
A recent headline in the op/ed section of The Dallas Morning News caught my eye: Does porn harm kids? (By the way, I really don’t like the new trend in headline writing that no longer capitalizes all the words. But maybe that’s because I am now considered a dinosaur among journalists.) Anyway, I found the …
MATRIARCH ~ A JOURNEY THROUGH TRADITIONSuzann M. BrucatoISBN: 978-0-615-47832-6 This lovely photo journal is a wonderful tribute to the family to which Suzann Brucato belongs, tracing her heritage back several generations. The pictures and the poetry speak to the importance of family and traditions and special rituals that all families seem to have. I’m sure …
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Regarding the recent Supreme Court decision to strike down caps on aggregate giving to federal candidates, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts had this to say in an interview in the Washington Post, “If the First Amendment protects flag burning, funeral protests and Nazi parades – despite the profound offense such spectacles cause – it …
Please help me welcome Slim Randles with another bit of humor to brighten our Wednesday. I’m not sure I agree with the last statement in his post, but you can decide for yourself. Since poor Herb has such a bad tooth, maybe he should have a milkshake and we could all join him. Herb walked …
An interesting essay in The Dallas Morning News by Brigid Schulte a Washington Post columnist, was all about how busy people are, and she recommends that people stop thinking that having a full schedule is a virtue. Since that flies in the face of the old adage my grandmother told me, “Idle hands are the …
But not in Michigan where I spent the last ten days. Drifts and piles of plowed snow were 15 to 20 feet high in places along the highways, and I can’t remember when I have seen drifts that high. It is nice to be back in Texas, where it is a bit chilly, but warmer …
Due to a family emergency, I will be offline and not doing my regular blog posts for a while. Carry on without me. If you are in the mood to pick up some bargain books, my publisher is putting two of my titles on sale the rest of this week and into next. My short …
A frat without alcohol? That was a question posed and answered by Caitlin Flanagan in a column in The Dallas Morning News on Sunday. Flanagan is a journalist who spent a year investigating fraternities for a story she did for Atlantic “The Dark Power of Fraternities.“ For some students the “Greek Life” is a major …
The Holy Mark Gregory Alexander File Size: 457 KBPrint Length: 247 pagesPublisher: Publish Green (January 19, 2014)Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.Language: EnglishASIN: B00HYN2N9C The path from the beginning of the story when Joe Miggliore, later to become Father Tony, is born and his immigrant Italian grandmother sees a odd mark on his head and …
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