Feathers and fantasy … a bit o’ fun
Jiminy Cricket! Day four of my FANY (Fun Ambitions for New Year) resolution and I’m in loser-ville! Sheesh. I REALLY thought this thing was going to be a slam dunk. Much easier than losing the 20 pounds I think I should lose (which is more like 40 pounds if you put stock in the words […]
Happy feet but unsettled everywhere else
Day three of my 365 days of fun … and yes, honestly, I’m surprised, embarrassed, and a bit saddened to report that it is evidently very hard work for me to have fun. I spent most of yesterday organizing, prepping for the week ahead, taking time out only to admire the bluejays, tufted titmice, and […]
Christmas Chez Coolidge
Angels with scissors … MC in today’s Sarasota Herald-Tribune
The Sarasota Herald Tribune is running an essay of mine in today’s paper — “If I’d continued on the road I was on,” Hillis says, “I’d be living out on the street myself, or dead.” A tale of redemption. — in the Op/Ed section, print page 9A, or if you want to read it online, […]
Naughty? Nice? Let MC be the judge … 2009 in Review
Was this a year, or what? I’m a huge fan of settling down on New Year’s Eve, putting on my retro shades, and looking back at the crazy, sweet, and just plain foolish shenanigans of the prior 12 months. And this December 31st will find me, a shot of Sambucca at my side, staring out […]
Faith, fact and why MC is singing
Last night I woke up in the middle of the night, felt a knot in my stomach and recognized the worry: about family, deadlines, bills, clients who haven’t paid me for work I did last summer, and a retirement account that equals zilch. It was pitch black; I couldn’t see a thing, but still I […]
MC in Sarasota H-T — Nadel Can’t Ruin Our Town
The Sarasota Herald-Tribune ran a column of mine this morning in its Op/Ed section. Page 9A if you’re reading print … online readers can click on the link below: http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20091214/COLUMNIST/912141004 If you’re interested in commenting on the piece — you can do so by writing to: editor.letters@heraldtribune.com. And, of course, you’re welcome to leave a […]
Support PBS and Hope MC Doesn’t Crash & Burn on Live Television …
Yup — you read that right. Tomorrow night, Friday, December 11th, I’ll be on WEDU/PBS Channel 3 LIVE for a roundtable political discussion of burning hot Florida topics (um, yes, we’re talking about the Sailor on the Bayfront, natch) on Florida This Week. The show goes live, on-air at 8:30 p.m., and the reason it’s […]
A tigger, not a tiger
“Bouncing is what Tiggers do best.” (A.A. Milne) Ah, and Tiger Woods is bouncing right now. Bouncing in a slightly different way from when he bounced from his mistress(es?) bed to wife’s, but bouncing nevertheless. Bouncing is what tiggers do — that’s all they know how to do. Because a real tiger knows when he’s […]
Alan Grayson Keynotes Dem Club of Sarasota Sunday December 6
“Few Florida politicians have grabbed national attention as quickly and dramatically as freshman U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson.” Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Sunday Nov. 1, 2009, p.1. Yep, Grayson was catapulted onto the national stage when he summed up the Republican’s Health Care Plan as 1) Don’t get sick 2) If you do get sick… 3) die quickly! […]