Did you know that (according to THE WEEK magazine) tourists are paying $65 for a guided bus tour of Los Angeles’ violence-filled gang turf. Tour operators require customers to sign a waiver, acknowledging the risk of gunfire, before riding an unmarked bus in hopes of glimpsing real Crips, Bloods, and other gang members.
Tell me. Are we sick, or what?
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Not Tonight, Dear
I feel bad for Jay Leno and all the bad ratings he’s getting. He’s funny and he’s a good man. He should have been left on the TONIGHT SHOW. His gifts were well presented there. His new show has a silly format. He’s out of place and he’s bored.
I’ve seen Jay Leno live several times. I most recently saw him at the Comedy Magic Improv in Hermosa Beach on November 29th. He did almost an hour of Stand-Up Comedy. He was hilarious. The audience loved him. That’s his gift. Let him use it!
I’ve seen Jay Leno live several times. I most recently saw him at the Comedy Magic Improv in Hermosa Beach on November 29th. He did almost an hour of Stand-Up Comedy. He was hilarious. The audience loved him. That’s his gift. Let him use it!
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
The Best "Breast" Advice is Self Examinations
I’m totally against the latest advice from the Department of Health and Human Services advisory panel saying doctors should no longer instruct women to conduct regular breast self-examinations.
I had breast cancer resulting in a radical mastectomy in 1987. My cancer was detected early because of my self-examination. I had always been lumpy, but the lumps constantly moved around. This lump did not move at all, and it felt warm. Even though I had had a mammogram just 6 months before, I went straight to my doctor. He too felt the warm lump, which had not shown up on my previous mammogram. He then did an ultra sound, and there it was. The biopsy proved the tumor to be malignant, and I had a radical mastectomy on my left side.
That was 22 years ago, and I have been cancer free ever since. I attribute that fact to my regular self-examinations.
I had breast cancer resulting in a radical mastectomy in 1987. My cancer was detected early because of my self-examination. I had always been lumpy, but the lumps constantly moved around. This lump did not move at all, and it felt warm. Even though I had had a mammogram just 6 months before, I went straight to my doctor. He too felt the warm lump, which had not shown up on my previous mammogram. He then did an ultra sound, and there it was. The biopsy proved the tumor to be malignant, and I had a radical mastectomy on my left side.
That was 22 years ago, and I have been cancer free ever since. I attribute that fact to my regular self-examinations.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Snail Mail Trail
Snail Mail has really lived up to its name! I just read that David and Jennifer Palliser of Almondbury, England received a postcard that was sent in 1969.
That snail must have really left a trail!
That snail must have really left a trail!
Thursday, October 1, 2009
The New "French Kiss"
October is definitely not a good month for the French to kiss. Many businesses, schools, and government agencies in France banned the traditional cheek kiss -“la bise”- in an effort to curb the spread of swine flu. Rather than greeting each other with a kiss, officials recommended that people keep a “3-foot buffer zone.”
C’est la vie!
C’est la vie!
Monday, August 31, 2009
In A League of Her Own
It could only happen in America and, of course it’s happening in my home state of North Carolina.
A woman is suing the city of Raleigh because no men will play tennis with her. Nancy Griffin, 41, says she was so routinely beating male opponents in the city-sponsored tennis league that the city scrapped a rule that penalized players for declining matches. Griffin wants $10,000 for the emotional distress caused by hearing her opponents make excuses. One man even said, “I have a jealous wife and I cannot play females.”
Nothing that exciting ever happened when I was growing up in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.
A woman is suing the city of Raleigh because no men will play tennis with her. Nancy Griffin, 41, says she was so routinely beating male opponents in the city-sponsored tennis league that the city scrapped a rule that penalized players for declining matches. Griffin wants $10,000 for the emotional distress caused by hearing her opponents make excuses. One man even said, “I have a jealous wife and I cannot play females.”
Nothing that exciting ever happened when I was growing up in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Bernie Madoff's Favorite Class
It could only happen in the wonderful USA!
An ex-con from New York has gone into business teaching Wall Street Executives and other white-collar criminals how to survive jail. For $200 an hour, Steven Oberfest, 41, teaches convicted swindlers and frauds the fine points of etiquette, how to keep their sanity behind bars, and some basic self-defense techniques. Oberfest once served time himself, and says, “Most of these guys have never been in a fight in their lives…and now they are entering a world where anything can happen.”
Gives a whole new meaning to THE JAILHOUSE ROCK!!!
An ex-con from New York has gone into business teaching Wall Street Executives and other white-collar criminals how to survive jail. For $200 an hour, Steven Oberfest, 41, teaches convicted swindlers and frauds the fine points of etiquette, how to keep their sanity behind bars, and some basic self-defense techniques. Oberfest once served time himself, and says, “Most of these guys have never been in a fight in their lives…and now they are entering a world where anything can happen.”
Gives a whole new meaning to THE JAILHOUSE ROCK!!!
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