Everything but the girl …
I was in Paris the first time I heard everything but the girl … Killer songs about love, separation, Bob Dylan. How could you not
MC at USF Campus to Discuss “Media in Our Modern World”
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I visited the USF/Sarasota campus the other day (Tuesday, February 3) to speak to a class on “Media
Will Sarasota’s SNN 6 be back on the airwaves?
Will Sarasota’s SNN 6 be back on the airwaves soon? Would be a sweet Valentine’s Day present if it is. I just got off the
At least I know you’re reading …
Jiminy Cricket. Enough with the emails. Okay — a phoenix is a mythological bird. Essentially a bird that rises from the ashes after, typically, being
Will SNN 6 pull a Phoenix move?
Hearing rumblings last night and today that SNN 6 may not be down for the count after all. Sure all the employees were officially terminated
Death of a news station — a mini timeline
November 13, 2008: The Pelican Press reports on a “rumor” that the Sarasota Herald-Tribune’s 24-hour cable news station – SNN 6 – is on the
SNN severance clarification … and a bit more about our man Bruce
Bruce Asbury contacted me this morning to correct one of his statements from our conversation of yesterday. “I made a slight error in the severance,”
Sarasota news takes another dive — SNN signs off!
Yesterday I gave a talk at the University of South Florida (more on that later) about blogging and the diminishing content of print and other
Hawkish behavior
This beautiful hawk has been visiting my yard for the past several days. I believe he had one of my mourning doves for lunch the
My date with Gwen … a woman in I-full
Hmmmmm … Absolut Yum! I went tonight to see and listen to Gwen Ifill speak at Hyatt Sarasota to a Sarasota audience about race and
Not so social Sarasota
The following column originally appeared in print in 2007, and it brought a plethora of responses from readers. I actually ended up meeting some pretty
Steelers steal my heart
Yahoo. Liked last night’s game. All the more so because the Steelers pulled it out and made my bet pay off. Don’t worry. I don’t
The bedability of yours truly … and other factors in being a literate society
Speaking of newspapers, the demise thereof, and this writer’s potential contribution to said demise, here’s a column I wrote a year back — in response
Letter to the editors
Dear Editors Back in the day, you’d buy the Sunday Sarasota Herald-Tribune and be assured of curling up for an hour of juicy reading, drinking
Five hundred words of foreplay
This column was written back in my Pelican Press days when I’d just been given a reduced word count for the Reality Chick column …