Reality Online Blog

Pugnacious pitbull no more … Palin plays the petulant pooch

July 6, 2009

Sarah Palin is a big ole crybaby. Her whining press conference (poor, poor pitiful me with all my legal woes and people being mean!) and

Sarasotans show their love of American soil on Independence Day

July 5, 2009

Siesta Beach 7:30 a.m., the day after. Makes you proud to be an American, especially an American living in Sarasota, Florida.

The personal is political … never more so than on Independence Day

July 4, 2009

This column ran in 2006 in my Reality Chick column with the Pelican Press newspaper. It gives a hint of what was already happening —

Act today to get a free feline! Feline Independence Day!

July 3, 2009

Hey, I just heard on Channel 7 news that today and Monday are Feline Independence Days at the Humane Society of Sarasota County. Basically, if

One of the coolest places in Sarasota … for kids and adults

July 3, 2009

Albert Einstein said, “Imagination is more important than knowledge,” and that down-to-earth concept is the driving philosophy behind one of the best-kept secrets for cultivating

Taking a Break with Boomerang

July 2, 2009

I’ve been like a machine lately — just really keeping my nose to the proverbial grindstone. I think the economy, the cutbacks on writing assignments,

MC on Florida This Week tonight

June 26, 2009

Hey, just got back from Tampa’s WEDU, filming a Florida This Week show. It will air tonight at 8:30 on PBS Channel 3 and again

The world is too much with mc … tonight

June 24, 2009

William Wordsworth sets us straight on a few things. The world is too much with us The world is too much with us; late and

Dinner with Jerry

June 21, 2009

For Dr. Gerald J. Zinfon, Professor of English and Poet Champagne, home-grown tomatoes and peppers, angel hair pasta, California strawberries with vanilla ice cream;