tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355127242012-02-16T02:11:29.704-05:00welcome to STEPHEN SACCO'S blog. the WORLD is falling apart. your boss is giving you GRIEF. your family's a PAIN. and you're READING this on the web. whaddaya gonna do?Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.comBlogger2141100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-90436978703962473092008-04-18T08:10:00.003-04:002008-04-18T08:13:16.857-04:00

From Steven Pearlstein in the Washington Post, who just won the Pulitzer, on newspapers — To begin with, people are becoming better educated, more sophisticated and more global in their orientation, not less. The days are long gone when daily newspapers could satisfy readers -- particularly the younger and more affluent readers that advertisers crave -- by hiring inexperienced young reporters to

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-52817977662497647532008-04-18T07:51:00.002-04:002008-12-08T23:07:10.320-05:00

I don't quite understand it either, but maybe this will clear things up.Whaddaya gonna do?

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-45316390681976631352008-04-17T08:33:00.005-04:002008-12-08T23:07:10.406-05:00

It was funny that in all the fuss about whether or not we should meet with Cuban leaders now that Fidel's brother is in charge, nobody seemed to mention that we regularly meet and trade with a Communist country with a truly terrible human rights record. I'm talking China.With the Beijing Summer Olympics protesters have a spotlight to point at China's terrible human rights record in regards to its

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-42025320482816252012008-04-17T08:20:00.002-04:002008-04-17T10:09:18.625-04:00

This is the funniest take on Barack Obama now infamous comment about some voters being bitter, read it here.No, really, click on it, it's funny...it's laugh-out-loud funny.Journalist George Packer has a more serious take over on his blog, here.My take?On the face of it it's an innocuous remark. Yeah, some people are bitter, particularly about politics.But does this remark signal a contempt for

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-52641233065746565992008-04-13T07:37:00.000-04:002008-12-08T23:07:10.732-05:00

New York magazine (not to be confused with the New Yorker) has perhaps the most truthful headline ever right here — Absolutely, Positively the Worst Team in the History of Professional Sports — about Isiah Thomas's Knicks.But...How about 'dem Gaints, huh?Whaddaya gonna do?

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-22372263711806903522008-04-11T07:50:00.002-04:002008-12-08T23:07:10.979-05:00

My favorite NYC politician is Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz for the sure exuberance he brings to this incredibly goofball ideas — like the signs that say "Forgetabutit" as you're leaving Brooklyn — that somehow manage to work.Marty's father was a waiter at Sid's kosher delicatessen and died when Marty was only 9 years old. After that his mother had to move the family from Crown

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-49015552743059706612008-04-09T19:32:00.004-04:002008-12-08T23:07:11.220-05:00

You gotta love a quote like this—In Montana, we like our guns. We like big guns. We like little guns. We like shotguns. We like pistols. Most of us own two or three guns. Gun control is hitting what you shoot at. So, I’d be a little careful about blowing smoke up our... Thanks for the warning, Democratic...yes, Democratic...Gov. Brian Schweitzer.In Montana the Democratic primary is being fought

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-9394480739577045752008-04-04T09:28:00.006-04:002008-12-08T23:07:11.512-05:00

I was alerted to the graphics below from the excellent blog, What I Learned Today, which by the way has a great tagline — a curious girl in a curious world — to wit.This shows the rise of costs (inflation!) in the New York region. There's an article from New York Newsday to go with the graphics, here.I think the graph prompts the question — Dude, where's gas? Well, I'm not sure why gas wasn't

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-68663321547578119032008-04-04T09:10:00.001-04:002008-12-08T23:07:11.870-05:00

What would Shakespeare say if he had a chance to meet the presidential candidates? He'd probably warn them.Here, from Henry the IV, Part II.Canst thou, O partial sleep, give thy reposeTo the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude,And in the calmest and most stillest night,With all appliances and means to boot,Deny it to a king? Then happy low, lie down!Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.The rest of

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As I stumbled from my bed to kitchen to the sound of peculating coffee on Tuesday, April 1 (that would be yesterday) I turn on my laptop to check headlines and e-mail.I go to my gmail account to find a link for a new feature called Google custom time.What? Custom time? Google is providing people with a way to mess with (falsify!) the sent date on your e-mail.Are they crazy? That's unethical.

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-43946812598125824572008-04-02T08:04:00.004-04:002008-12-08T23:07:12.111-05:00

I wanted to share with you, dear reader, a friend's reaction to this video here of me interviewing people about former Gov. Spitzer."You write in a notebook? You don't have a digital recorder? You can buy one for under a $100. What kind of a cheap-ass reporter are you?"Yes, newspapers are attempting to boldly go into the 20th Century, as we are eight years into the 21st, but we remain dependent

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-37110357887268747552008-03-31T09:40:00.001-04:002008-03-31T21:44:15.490-04:00

For a while one of my favorite sites was Overheard in New York, until people just starting making up stuff.I bring to you today, my own humble version.Overheard —They are changing New York state's motto from Excelsior (Latin for "forever upwards") to "Hey baby, you want a date?"Overheard at my house during Earth Hour (March 29 from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m.) as lights go out —Me: Hey, I was reading a

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-16904591428719030572008-03-30T10:20:00.001-04:002008-12-08T23:07:12.280-05:00

...we could all be swallowed up by a black hole created by mad-scientist types. So, don't worry so much about Iraq.O.K., I suppose that's little comfort.From yesterday's Times —None of this nor the rest of the grimness on the front page today will matter a bit, though, if two men pursuing a lawsuit in federal court in Hawaii turn out to be right. They think a giant particle accelerator that will

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-41449820973514885132008-03-30T10:14:00.004-04:002008-03-30T19:12:28.978-04:00

We reached 4,000 dead U.S. soldier in Iraq last Sunday.I have been working on a post about it since then — with little luck.If you clicked on the link above you were able to read Savannah's Associated Press reporter Russ Bynum's story about the last four soldiers from the Third Infantry Division in Fort Stewart, Ga., not far from Savannah, who were killed in Iraq last Sunday, putting us over the

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-29885362690952759652008-03-27T07:06:00.000-04:002008-12-08T23:07:12.563-05:00

This is where it all began for me, The Cloisters. This is the place my parents had their first date.Read the Time's article about The Cloisters, click here.It's all kind of romantic if you ask me.

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-87347997201480676952008-03-27T07:00:00.004-04:002008-12-08T23:07:12.812-05:00

O.K., on this day a month ago. On February 27, 1860, Abraham Lincoln made a famous address at Cooper Union in New York City on slavery.See here.Neither let us be slandered from our duty by false accusations against us, nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction to the Government nor of dungeons to ourselves. Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end,

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I hope this amuses you. However, please don't look for a political message in this, there isn't one.

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-6274261052147555062008-03-21T09:34:00.007-04:002008-12-08T23:07:13.002-05:00

From On This Day section of Wikipedia: On March 21,1800 — Pope Pius VII was elected pope at Venice on March 21, 1800 in a rather unusual coronation, wearing a papier-mâché papal tiara, the original having been seized by the French along with Pius VI. If I'm ever crowned anything, I want a papier-mâché hat. And today is Good Friday, Purim, Narouz, Eid Milad an Nabi's b-day, Small Holi and Magha

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-28817697801021761912008-03-19T22:28:00.004-04:002008-12-08T23:07:13.089-05:00

These are two things that you can't do in New York City. Oy!Thanks to the Creative Coast Alliance for picture. Read the rest, here.UPDATE: I meant to say can't do legally in New York City.

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-79277469262927136662008-03-18T07:06:00.000-04:002008-03-18T02:10:37.766-04:00

Now there's this.Do you think John Corzine and Sonny Perdue feel left out?

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-41681974866302872432008-03-16T19:16:00.003-04:002008-12-08T23:07:13.114-05:00

I have taken the LSAT but after thinking about it I didn't really want to to become a criminal...I mean lawyer. (Sorry, I feel bad at making a pot shot at such an easy target. We all know there are very dedicated upright lawyers in the world. Come on people, work with me here.)But if I were to be a lawyer I would be a pet lawyer. What's a pet lawyer? Glad you asked. Read about them in this piece

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-12374711547739626952008-03-13T23:18:00.002-04:002008-03-14T01:51:06.891-04:00

I may have been speechless, other...well, not so much.I had no idea a looked so geeky when writing in my reporter's notepad. Whaddaya gonna do?

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-33831473215680394882008-03-10T23:10:00.005-04:002008-12-08T23:07:13.294-05:00

Oh, he is so sleeping on the couch for like the rest of his life.There are some things that even cynical journalists can't imagine or predict. This is one of them.Whaddya gonna do?

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-25102321308914179622008-03-05T08:23:00.007-05:002008-12-08T23:07:13.570-05:00

O.K., I know they look like they're going to kiss each other in the picture above. But not too likely.I thought that Obama would have at least won Texas. The lesson here may be that going nasty works...well, hasn't that been the lesson since Jefferson-Adams?From Josh Marshall — But the one thing that rings true to me is this: The Clinton campaign got rough and nasty over the last week-plus. And

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-514026985230911532008-03-05T07:09:00.000-05:002008-03-05T08:42:37.218-05:00

I could hardly believe it myself. But a friend e-mailed this to me and it is indeed a funny article about Wikipedia from The New York Review of Books written by novelist Nicholson Baker. Wikipedia seemed unusually humble. It asked for help, and when it did, it used a particularly affecting word: "stub." At the bottom of a short article about something, it would say, "This article about X is a

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-16511222036412355092008-03-04T08:17:00.005-05:002008-12-08T23:07:13.589-05:00

The end is near and I couldn't be happier. I'm talking about the end of winter. Now starts March. Now starts the completely inconsistent weather.March — besides being known for March Madness — is a tease. It gives you days of spring and then quickly takes them away by whipping back to winter.In the South, the greenish-yellow pollen is probably flying through the air, covering cars and rising the

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-44058721163596804292008-03-04T07:49:00.000-05:002008-03-04T06:53:31.937-05:00

This may be the best news story of the year so far as it has that strangely appealing combination of being morbid and funny. (It's from Jan. 9 but we're catching up here at whatyagonna.)Even for the once-notorious Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood, it may have been a first: Two men were arrested on Tuesday after pushing a corpse, seated in an office chair, along the sidewalk to a check-cashing store to

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-20440444991029929472008-03-03T08:08:00.005-05:002008-12-08T23:07:13.833-05:00

I said I would not endorse a presidential candidate on this blog but...well...lied. And it was a boldfaced, scurrilous lie at that.Either party would be happy to have Uno. He's proved himself a winner. (Forget New Hampshire, Westminster's what counts.) He can be warm and caring, but also tough. Also, it's his breed that defeated the Red Baron. There's a song a about it. Snoopy is sure to

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-32830120436429736372008-03-03T07:53:00.001-05:002008-12-08T23:07:13.986-05:00

Here at whatyagonna we (ah, me) have been a little busy. As much as we'd (ah, me) like to blog our thoughts and words and pictures (and maybe even video someday) all over everywhere — sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.So, we're (ah, me) catching up. But we (ah, me) want to take time to tip our hat to William F. Buckley, even if a bit belatedly. (Yes, this is so last week's news cycle.)I

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-36236902320128004052008-01-14T12:54:00.002-05:002008-12-08T23:07:14.313-05:00

There's one less of 'Dem Bums from Brooklyn in the world, and we are all poorer for it.A good-bye to the man who helped lead the Brooklyn Dodgers to their one and only World Series win.We was robbed.

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-38426314721701103942008-01-14T09:26:00.000-05:002008-12-08T23:07:14.798-05:00

I'm here.If we remembered what a traumatic event moving is, we may never attempt it. Good thing I have a bad memory.They got snow here. I actually kind of missed winter. Ask me in a month and I'll tell you how sick of it I am, however. (Yes, that's my car.)More later.Whaddaya gonna do?

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-7831338702620784172007-12-21T09:13:00.001-05:002008-12-08T23:07:15.236-05:00

I was so punch drunk with tiredness last night that to keep myself awake I was reciting every Latin phrase I could remember from Cat'lick school and then giggling. I was insufferable.I swear, I wasn't drunk or on any illegal substances. As my departure from Savannah grows near there is just so much to do. I have to get to the Hudson Valley by Dec. 26, which is a little crazy but I'm sure there's

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-89030947874611677342007-12-13T11:49:00.000-05:002008-12-08T23:07:15.296-05:00

This photograph of bad d Rudolph was taken at Santacon 2007 and taken by AMARTIO2 on Flickr.SantaCon describes itself as "a not-for-profit, non-political, non-religious and non-logical Santa Claus convention." And then adds, "We do it for absolutely no reason."Whaddaya gonna do?

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-68009279504884918672007-12-13T11:08:00.000-05:002008-12-08T23:07:15.441-05:00

There's a great essay on journalism at Editor & Publisher by a reporter named Andrew Keshner. Keshner seems a little younger than I but I can completely identify with his experience.We also have something else in common, it was 9/11 that inspired...if that's the right word...each of us to pursue journalism, albeit I was a bit closer than Keshner.From the essay —I trace the spark of my current

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-87682022340721631192007-12-11T17:42:00.001-05:002007-12-11T17:46:25.519-05:00

The poll Brooks cites in his op-ed (see below) could be wrong.Read about it here.

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-41702492744329300052007-12-11T11:18:00.001-05:002007-12-11T11:46:05.110-05:00

I like David Brook's columns in the New York Times even if I don't agree with him. I like him for two reasons in particular.First, unlike many political columnists he has a life and a broad range of interest that he can bring to his writing. Second, he's a good reporter and often goes back to early speeches of a particular candidate to put things into perspective.At his best he offers a

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-16306669547876105852007-12-11T08:08:00.000-05:002008-12-08T23:07:15.718-05:00

Julia Allison has put together a very interesting gift guide on her blog.My favorites —Marital Bliss BarAnd an alarm clock that runs away and hides.

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-53259809297412860232007-12-10T13:43:00.001-05:002008-12-08T23:07:16.505-05:00

Flying humans ain't a problem says a physics professor. The problem is "your margins in terms of safety."Tell that to the French Flying Dude. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, see here. There's video and everything.Whaddaya gonna do?

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-7269370497307477362007-12-07T17:16:00.001-05:002008-12-08T23:07:17.531-05:00

It is time to make make the blogclamtion that I will be leaving Savannah at the end of the month for New York.Not New York City, however, I will be moving to the beautiful Hudson Valley to explore opportunities there. I will be in commuting distance to NYC, however.I say goodbye to Savannah and the South with a mixture of emotions. Savannah and Tybee Island will always have a place in my

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-34362205069418518922007-12-07T16:25:00.001-05:002008-12-08T23:07:17.639-05:00

We — (ah, me) — here at What ya gonna do? – are always uncovering the truth. See, above, the Creative Coast's Chris Miller is a pirate.Well, not really. Miller is leaving the Creative Coast and has a very interesting blog post about it here. (You'll also find the pirate picture.)Also, I wrote piece about Miller's departure, here.The projects at the Creative Coast will go on in the capable hands

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-32052104821023309482007-12-05T10:10:00.001-05:002008-12-08T23:07:17.740-05:00

Perhaps this is for the really reformed.

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-29797847490767409832007-12-05T10:05:00.000-05:002008-12-08T23:07:17.833-05:00

In yet another sign that Williamburg, Brooklyn is so over, there is now a hipster murder mystery coming out about my old 'hood.The book — titled 6 Sick Hipsters — is due out in April of 2008 and is being released by Kensington Books.The Gothamist does a good job of covering the book here.Why didn't I think of this? Well...all together now...Whaddaya gonna do?

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-51032187063195631162007-12-04T08:12:00.000-05:002008-12-08T23:07:18.023-05:00

"I think it would be kind of fun to have more than one first lady."O.K., perhaps a tad unfair. But funny.

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-64072149777122585402007-12-04T07:53:00.001-05:002007-12-04T08:22:57.410-05:00

Never, never...that's as in never ever, gentle reader, believe me if I say that somebody will get elected, or for that matter make predictions about the Mets and the World Series.I have a terrible track record with predictions of who will win anything and stand by the old adage that you should never make predictions about anything, particularly the future.(Though I have to admit I do have a good

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-79051434113716757902007-12-03T15:52:00.001-05:002008-12-08T23:07:18.364-05:00

Not for nothin', but buying an 8 GB iPhone on the day of its release for $599 plus tax after waiting hours in line to be the first to open your wallet — perhaps not the smartest thing that anybody ever did.Particularly since a few months later Apple decreased the price of the 8 GB iPhone to $399.Still a pricey gadget that you probably don't need — I got my Motorola Razor for $50, and all I had to

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-34874319601758109182007-11-30T16:37:00.000-05:002008-12-08T23:07:18.574-05:00

The 21st amendment repealed prohibition (the 18th amendment) Dec. 5, 1933, just so people could drink during the Great Depression.Dewar's (surprise, surprise) would like you to take a drink that day to honor your right to drink, unless, of course, you live in a dry county. (Effingham in the house?)They even put up a Web site, click here...heathen!Whaddaya gonna do, huh?

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-12688219821371408782007-11-30T13:55:00.001-05:002007-12-06T12:59:47.441-05:00

As readers of this blog know, I have something of a fascination with online interaction and social networking in general.Most of the time my fascination expresses itself with a curiosity about people's public, private and Internet persona's and how these interact, complement or even at times destroy each other.Blunders online usually spark retribution upon the blunderer.Not so in this case. In

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-78390279012512528272007-11-28T18:17:00.000-05:002008-12-08T23:07:18.818-05:00

What's this? Promotion of something other then myself? Well, it happens to the best of us.I've been doing a little work for a great new pet store that recently opened in Savannah (see below for a press release).Jusak and Jeff and their three dogs are some of the nicest people..and, ah, dogs...you'd ever want to meet. (Including the formerly homeless Cosmo, the third from left dog above, who is

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-71327569647925362542007-11-28T16:59:00.000-05:002008-12-08T23:07:18.844-05:00

O.K., you are all right — yes, all of you — that includes all y'all and yuz people.I have disappeared for a while and taken a long hiatus from the Kingdom of Blogdonia. It seems that bloggers in general, with quite notable exceptions, are always apologizing for their lameness in posting from time to time.My last post was a shocking and scandalous three months and five days ago. A lot for any blog

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-67715598809459924882007-08-23T14:25:00.000-04:002008-12-08T23:07:18.991-05:00

I love this one. Apparently the Chinese government has forbid Buddhist monks from reincarnating without permission from the government.Read about it, click here.If you go ahead and reincarnate without permission, they make you go through high school all over again.

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-34559615262255216242007-08-16T14:52:00.000-04:002008-12-08T23:07:19.409-05:00

Oh, we are really into this royal we stuff today. Aren't we?Anyway, we've notice that the graphic for Pinkberry, a chain of frozen desert stores primarily located in Los Angles but now moving into the New York market, is strikingly similar to Savannah's Creative Coast Initiative's graphics.But hey, I report, you decide. (Oops! I mean, we report, you decide.)Here's the new Pinkberry store in

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-3520417991544865582007-08-16T14:14:00.000-04:002008-12-08T23:07:19.556-05:00

O.K., maybe not all Yankees are bad people. Can't let The Scooter leave us without tipping our hat. (I know, what's this royal we stuff? Somehow it sounds more solemn, no?)Also leaving us is Brooke Astor. Do you think she left me anything?While we are saying goodbye here at "what ya gonna do?", let's not forget the recent death of two genius filmmakers — Ingmar Bergman and Michelangelo Antonioni.

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-66976307279312274542007-08-14T07:57:00.000-04:002008-12-08T23:07:19.700-05:00

You read that right. From The Times — In Houston, $225,000 will buy a three-bedroom house with a game room, den, in-ground pool and hot tub.In Manhattan, it will buy a parking space. No windows, no view. No walls.While real estate in much of the country languishes, property in Manhattan continues to escalate in price, and that includes parking spaces. Some buyers do not even own cars, but grab

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-90251896015136418162007-08-13T17:21:00.000-04:002008-12-08T23:07:19.851-05:00

Note to Barry Bonds — there's no crying in baseball, but plenty of disillusionment.Comedian Chris Rock makes a good point about how somebody can't cheat unless there's rules and how Babe Ruth should get an asterisk if Bond's does. He said all this on Bob Costa's aptly named CostaNow show. Equivocations, however, no matter how logical, don't make up for unsportsmanlike conduct.Costa also

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-18009989252626552292007-08-13T12:13:00.000-04:002008-12-08T23:07:20.203-05:00

Thanks to Cute and Cuddly, by FlySi at flickr.

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-82362839952277868572007-08-13T09:53:00.000-04:002008-12-08T23:07:21.157-05:00

Do you ever gaze into the mirror and wonder what you would look like if you were a Simpson's character?Well, now you can find out.Here's what I'd look like —To try this yourself, click here. Don't think about all the other things you have to do. Have fun.

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-57713450942118221972007-08-13T08:52:00.000-04:002008-12-08T23:07:21.892-05:00

Yes, Brooklyn had a tornado last week, which prompted jokes about it uprooting the tree.Very funny.I have decided to posts some pictures of da borough. This is Brooklyn —This is Prospect Park —This is Borough Hall, seat of Brooklyn government —Enough already with the jokes about the one tree.

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-85621683885408251922007-08-13T08:15:00.000-04:002007-08-13T08:40:03.986-04:00

Oh, if only it where that exciting.Jail doesn't sound like fun...at least Paris Hilton didn't like it.And rehab...oh, if only I had that kind of money...I believe that entire careers have been made just by going to the right rehab facility or the most exclusive AA meeting in Los Angeles.But shuks, I'm just a country boy. O.K., I'm so not a country boy.I have been taking a blogging vacation

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-44127608583135122932007-07-20T18:27:00.001-04:002007-07-20T23:29:39.080-04:00

I think I'm finally getting used to the summer Savannah heat.I'm working on a citizen-journalist report...read that as journalism for free report (then again, there's a lot of that going around)...on Rudy Giuliani's visit to Savannah.Yes, I know it's late but I had to write my story for money first, which you can find here.That story is not so much about Giuliani as it is about the business of

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-16265396726763458562007-07-17T23:26:00.000-04:002007-07-17T15:55:55.538-04:00

I have found the context for this quote of the day I used last Friday.No need to click or scroll, here it 'tis —We can categorically state that we have not released man-eating badgers into the area.It seems there was a rumor going around that the British had released a plague of ferocious man-eating badgers in Basra (Iraq).There is, however, some kind of indigenous allegedly cow-eating badger in

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-69536900412356161792007-07-14T08:52:00.000-04:002008-12-08T23:07:22.267-05:00

Speaking of cool things (see below) here is one of my favorite companies.Microbrew works for beer (I'm partial to the Gaelic Ale brewed by Highland Brewing Company in Asheville, N.C., by the way) and this has started a minor microbach trend in ice-cream making.My favorite is 5 Boroughs Ice Cream. Now, if you don't know the five boroughs, here they are — Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx and

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-86078707296935609142007-07-14T08:45:00.000-04:002008-12-08T23:07:22.889-05:00

Has anybody noticed how hot it is in Savannah?Yeah, me neither. It gets better, right?You know how all those NYC movies that start out with "it was a hot New York summer?" What fellows is always sultry women walking the city streets, crime, violence and racial tension al a Spike Lee.It's way too hot for that in Savannah.When the 2004 G8 Summit was held on Sea Island and all the protesters

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-17902802354215327172007-07-13T08:17:00.001-04:002007-07-13T19:53:00.468-04:00

I have absolutely no idea what prompted this remark but it is defineately the quote of the day.This is from Carolyn O'Hara, the spokesperson for the British military in Basra."We can categorically state that we have not released man-eating badgers into the area."Well, yes, that's great news. The link is here.

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-81195010811072316202007-07-09T08:45:00.000-04:002008-12-08T23:07:23.296-05:00

You read that right folks. Who's hot? Librarians are hot. Georgia-asphalt-in-the-middle-of-August hot, that is.It must be true, it's in The New York Times, see here. Or here.Librarians? Aren’t they supposed to be bespectacled women with a love of classic books and a perpetual annoyance with talkative patrons — the ultimate humorless shushers? Not any more. With so much of the job involving

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-51780345824899130092007-07-08T11:57:00.001-04:002008-12-08T23:07:23.530-05:00

What would July 4th be without the annual Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest?It's a record this year folks, Joey Chestnut ate 66 Nathan's hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes. He beat out Kobayashi, the six-time hot-dog-eating champ, to bring the mustard yellow belt back to 'Merica — as Jon Stewart would say.Don't believe me, click here or here.Below, the anti-trans fats Mayor Bloomberg gets hugged by a

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-15439458384871963482007-07-08T11:49:00.001-04:002008-12-08T23:07:23.757-05:00

Yes, I'm trying to make up for being a bad blogger all week.This weekend, so far, I have been tired and hot or tired and wet. Not tired enough not to make my justifiable famous Baja fish tacos with black beans and rice, however.Hey, I'm Italian and that means I can cook. This July 4th I cooked for friends — seared tuna steaks, goat-cheese stuffed portobella mushrooms, fresh corn — to be exact.I

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-66961275672042619042007-07-08T11:12:00.001-04:002008-12-08T23:07:23.910-05:00

Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of New York City, presidential candidate and fellow Cat'lick-school-educated Italian (I'm not all-the-way Cat'lick school, however, let's give public schools their due, or blame), was in town on Friday and I was there to see him, in an official capacity for the Business Report & Journal.Here's the Savannah Morning News story.I may give you my impressions of what I saw

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-44538937889825292062007-07-08T10:49:00.001-04:002008-12-08T23:07:24.099-05:00

I have never heard of Count Gottfried von Bismarck, as I'm not used to hangin' with German royalty. Yet, an item in Gawker caught my eye about von Bismarck demise.Here is his obituary from the U.K. Telegraph —Count Gottfried von Bismarck, who was found dead on Monday aged 44, was a louche German aristocrat with a multi-faceted history as a pleasure-seeking heroin addict, hell-raising alcoholic,

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-11996690464930930782007-07-01T15:35:00.001-04:002008-12-08T23:07:24.497-05:00

If you have been following the media news lately, you will see that Rupert Murdoch is poised to buy the Wall Street Journal, one of U.S.'s finest newspapers and one of only two, the other being The New York Times, or three, depending on where you put the Washington Post, national newspapers with influence on business and political leaders.I think he will be successful in his bid. Ken Auletta has

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-1853995409880144722007-07-01T14:43:00.001-04:002008-12-08T23:07:24.769-05:00

Remember when I said that JFK was a model of leadership for our age? Well, apparently I wasn't the only one having this thought. Time magazine decided to put this thought on its cover last week.So, they beat me to the punch before I could exactly explain what I meant.Time magazine, however, as a much bigger staff than "what ya gonna do," which, for the record, doesn't have any staff unless you

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-22158750463601413872007-07-01T12:52:00.000-04:002007-07-01T13:21:29.235-04:00

Has the Savannah heat and humidity dulled my blogging fervor? Probably.It is my first summer since I have returned to Savannah. I'm still adjusting to the climate. I used to visit, however, and it always seemed hotter when coming from a cooler climate. It is just the price you pay for a mild winter and lovely spring. I think I've said that before.It's fine if I have because, as you can see,

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-4017115354048202592007-06-22T10:06:00.000-04:002008-12-08T23:07:25.563-05:00

I have had a tremendously busy week this week, so not so much here on the old blog.I did want to post about New York City Mayor Micheal Bloomberg announcement yesterday that he was leaving the GOP to become an Independent. Bloomberg was the last mayor of New York that I voted for, he is a Democrat turned Republican and now Republican turned Independent.The significance of this is that Mayor Mike

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-87021208694405702672007-06-12T13:05:00.000-04:002008-12-08T23:07:25.780-05:00

Almost missed this from last week.A Statesboro company will be working on some of the glass fabrication for the Freedom Tower, which will be one of the buildings built in the 16-acres footprint of the World Trade Center.To read, click here.

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-27225883824669966292007-06-12T09:32:00.001-04:002008-12-08T23:07:26.123-05:00

Just when you though it was save to go back in the water...I mean to the farm...or swamp...or whatever.Hey, I'm city guy, whad'a I know about pig?That doesn't stop me from writing about them, however.Don't you think the dome above City Hall would be perfect for a gigantic hog to climb with a comparatively diminutive Faye Wray, Jessica Lang or Naomi Watts (choose your generation's Ann Darrow) in

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-84678562602085420192007-06-11T16:42:00.000-04:002007-06-11T17:05:38.782-04:00

I am really amazed at the amount of Blogistanies that are posting away about "The Sopranos" final episode. I'm equally amazed at all the theories bouncing around the Internet based on what to me seem like obscure observations — analysis of song lyrics etc.I thought I was a little obsessive. Not for nothin', but I'm happy to find I'm on the low end of obsessive. I don't read the comment boards and

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-58807937769275415972007-06-11T06:26:00.000-04:002008-12-08T23:07:26.337-05:00

After eight years and heaven knows how many dead bodies, "The Sopranos" ended last night, not with a bang but a whimper.David Chase, creator of "The Sopranos," had been setting you up for decline and doom this season. Indeed, some of characters didn't fair very well. However, the loose ends weren't tied up in a neat package. Too unrealistic for this show, I suppose. Instead of a final act, we

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-88754683802139700822007-06-07T08:52:00.000-04:002007-06-07T00:29:40.300-04:00

This is from the German newspaper Spiegel Online —Lack of Women in Eastern Germany Feeds Neo-NazisHere's the key graph —Since 1991, more than two-thirds of all those who have left Eastern Germany have been women. The result is that in many towns in the region, there are simply not enough to go around -- some places are missing up to 25 percent of their young women. Even worse, the young men who

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-19851585472830831982007-06-07T08:45:00.000-04:002008-12-08T23:07:26.579-05:00

You see everything on the subway. Yes, everything. The dude on the 1/9 who used to play the saxophone very badly and then announce that he was from Mars and would be playing Martian music unless you provided him with cash. He didn't need to add, but usually did, that "Martian music is terrible."And this...This is what happens when you catch a 43-lb. striped bass in Far Rockaway and you live in

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-24747732757215590432007-06-06T19:20:00.001-04:002008-12-08T23:07:26.731-05:00

When Barnes & Noble and Borders started to open huge stores on what seemed like every other corner of New York City, independent bookstores started dropping dead like characters on "The Sopranos" (see previous post).The Strand Bookstore, however, is a survivor. On June 2, the Strand turned 80 years old. Here's a picture from New York magazine of the Strand back in the day —This is not just any

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-87056448426957116822007-06-06T18:31:00.001-04:002008-12-08T23:07:26.946-05:00

Damn that David Remnick...I mean, just because he's the editor of The New Yorker and has a Pulitzer Prize (which readers of this blog know is not as sexy as either a Noble Peace Prize or Good Citizen award), he thinks that he can just steal my tagline without regard to my feelings.Actually he used "Whaddya gonna do?" while I've been spelling it "Wha'cha gonna do?" but, of course, I've used "what

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-68866907833801136922007-06-01T09:06:00.001-04:002008-12-08T23:07:27.329-05:00

In my continuing series on New York institution that are no more, you can most likely add the Cedar Tavern in the West Village, which had been around since 1866.In 2006, the classical Village pub closed its doors for "renovations" so that condos could be built on top of it. The Cedar was supposed to close in December of '06 and then reopen in January of '07 but remains not only conspicuously

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-58219480019498340062007-05-30T08:52:00.001-04:002007-05-30T08:55:13.275-04:00

DSC_5168 Originally uploaded by rsguskind Nothin' says nature than a bicycle ride in a field, surrounded by fence on one side and Manhattan on the other.Williamsburg, my old 'hood, gets a riverside park.

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-16944107423591647562007-05-29T16:54:00.000-04:002008-12-08T23:07:27.510-05:00

I have an article in the June/July issue of The South magazine, the piece is about Robert "Reds" Helmey, a native of Savannah who hijacked a plane to Cuba in the 1960s with the expressed purpose of assassinating Castro. It's not online, but you can check it out at newsstands near you.

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-71558109023856557802007-05-29T14:45:00.000-04:002008-12-08T23:07:27.728-05:00

I recently watched the PBS FRONTLINE documentary, A Hidden Life, about the mayor of Spoken, Wash. who was ousted when the newspaper discovered he was secretly gay and then alleged abuse of office and that as a sheriff's deputy 25 years early he may have participated in a pedophile scandal.Questions remain, however, about the evidence for all the accusations leveled at the mayor and about how

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-3874206448398115682007-05-25T11:02:00.001-04:002007-05-25T11:17:28.368-04:00

Yep, I'm making up for lost blog time here with another post.Speaking of blogs, there is a very provocative post from Mark Buchanan, who is a theoretical physicist (I bet his mother is very proud) and a blogger for the New York Times.Now, the post is definitely on the liberal side of the political spectrum, but don't let whether or not you agree with his politics make you miss the larger point he

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-61955408728696169602007-05-25T08:45:00.000-04:002007-05-25T12:07:48.396-04:00

If you don't know who Jim Morekis is, he's the Editor and Chief of Connect Savannah. I've worked for him and he's a very fine editor. Perhaps he's best known, however, for his spirited blog and political columns, a little like Savannah's version of Bill Maher.He called Georgia "the new Texas" after this last election. I don't think he meant that in a good way.So, Morekis gives himself another

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-36582210749394341442007-05-25T07:57:00.000-04:002008-12-08T23:07:27.900-05:00

I haven't been this sick in a long time. What the hell happened?Well, I was covering the Tybee 500 catamaran race last Friday (read here), which just so happened was also the Tybee Island Beach Bum Parade. It is my first ever exposure to the Beach Bum Parade and I must admit, at first, it sounded like a fun idea.People squirt each other with water pistols. O.K., whatever floats your boat.To

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-62828445646249229832007-05-22T20:17:00.001-04:002007-05-22T20:21:20.887-04:00

Oh, if I had a dime for every time I heard somebody say that. The island — in this case is not Tybee — but Long Island, you know, where the ice tea comes from.Over at the Gothamist There's a poll asking readers "Who behaves more badly?" New Yorkers from the City, Long Island or upstate.Long Island is in the lead by 81 percent. Poor Long Island. New Yorkers are not all the same.Speaking of bad

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-87736684982764983582007-05-18T17:59:00.001-04:002007-05-18T18:08:08.681-04:00

I'm back. Yes, a little computer trouble but our team of highly trained and under-paid experts were able to restore all to normal.I have this little bit to offer. Bruce Bartlett, writing for the right-leaning Washington Times is hot for Hillary. Well, actually he's pretty tepid but he believes that Hillary Clinton is the most appealing of the Dems for the conservatives.At some point, politically

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-15475347321866899182007-05-17T11:06:00.000-04:002007-05-17T11:09:29.927-04:00

Where am I? What happened? How have we survived without you?Well...my hard drive went kaboom — yes, that's a technical term. Therefore, we've been down here at whatyagonna.However, we have a team of experts working on this problem night and day without thought of sleep or food and the problem should be resolved shortly.Wha'cha gonna do? Huh?

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-83924530224740073252007-05-10T09:17:00.000-04:002008-12-08T23:07:28.235-05:00

In the they-said-you-kids-in-the-60s-were-wild category and on the vanguard of social consciousness we have the most important movement on U.S. campuses today since the efforts to end apartheid in South Africa. Or maybe not.It's the free Paris Hilton movement. Click here or here.Words fail me.

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-90541182459161025172007-05-08T16:38:00.001-04:002008-12-08T23:07:28.248-05:00

I know that I said I would make some comments about why I thought that Kennedy speech, made in 1963, was relevant to us today. So far, you must be thinking I'm training for public office because I have not delivered on this promise.There is a very simple reason for this — it requires thinking. Well, at least more thinking than deciding which Margarita recipe I was going to try. So, I'm going to

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-69792082252306211262007-05-07T13:36:00.000-04:002007-05-07T13:41:04.337-04:00

The very day that I post Dave Barry's musing on e-mail, well...I had an e-mail problem.Did I tempt fate?If I did, it was more a gentle chiding of fate rather than a harsh punishment. My computer froze and when I restarted and had it up and running all of the e-mail in my inbox (about 200 of them) were labelled new and e-mail that I thought I had deleted had reappeared.I didn't lose anything,

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-38004507286294511912007-05-07T09:39:00.000-04:002007-05-07T09:45:23.133-04:00

Dave Barry on e-mail:The authors also touch on a pet peeve of mine: people who abuse the “Reply All” command. Perhaps you are one of them. You receive a message addressed to many recipients — often a much-recycled joke, story, list, urban myth, etc. There are millions of these floating around; many of us simply delete them unread. But you, the “Reply All” abuser, read it and decide to respond

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-85231607081305637092007-05-05T12:21:00.000-04:002008-12-08T23:07:28.286-05:00

Here's wishing you and yours a happy Cinco de Mayo! The Fifth of May, for all of you gringos out there like...ah...me, is not only a time to celebrate the heritage of Mexico, it is also a chance to celebrate the defeat of the French colonialism.For on May 5, 1862 General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguin was victorious over French occupational forces at the Battle of Puebla. Of course, the French were our

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The latest in the Jim McGreevey saga, the Jersey gov who quit and told the world that he was "a gay American" and then published a book, has a new twist.McGreevey is entering a seminary and wants to become an Episcopal priest. Click here.And his ex-wife, Dina, who is quite pretty, has a book out. (Dina and Jim are pictured above.)I don't believe that McGreevey's resignation had much to do with

Stephen Saccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226440995707377617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35512724.post-90552134779650889802007-05-03T10:37:00.000-04:002007-05-03T11:40:57.518-04:00

My new toy is a DVR — kind of fake low-rent Tivo that the cable/satellite company will rent to you. The only problem is you can tape all of these shows and then they pile up and begin to feel like homework.Last night I began to watch Bill Moyer's Journal's segment on buying the war. I didn't get very far. Early in the program, there were scenes from 9/11 and at first I'm very much like — okay,

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Hallmark makes a card for just about everything and now Lift Me Up Cards seeks to take care of the rest.How do you tell that special loved one that their plastic surgeon did a heck of a job? Click here.Life Me Up Cards are for the roughly 11.5 million people who consulted with a cosmetic surgeon in 2005, according to its Web site. All the cards feature varying levels of taste and candor.Yes,

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To start the week off on the blog, I bring to you President John F. Kennedy's speech at the University of Washington, given on November 16, 1961.Why? Well, I taped the Dems debate but ended up fast forwarding through most of it. There's only so much time you have in life.Then I remembered reading this speech by J.F.K., which to me speaks volume about a strategy in Iraq. With the help of Google, I

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Okay, dear reader, remember how I said earlier this week that I was quite skeptical of the neo-isolationism in the Democratic Party?Today, I find this from David Brook's column about an interview Brooks did with Barack Obama —In “The Audacity of Hope,” he (Obama) says liberal objectives like withdrawing from Iraq, stopping AIDS and working more closely with our allies may be laudable, “but they

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