Month: November 2003

So Alan is minding his own business, selling entertainment centers at Best Buy. He’s become one of the highest selling reps in the region and has started training the holiday staff as well. I always knew Alan could sell anything – he has that Ordinary Guy thing that tech-hungry husbands will respect and a Cassanova […]

‘The Pentagon is quietly moving to fill draft board vacancies nationwide. While officials say there’s no cause to worry, some experts aren’t so sure. “A draft is a complicated and difficult thing to get off the ground. It would require an act of Congress, first, and then the signature of the president. Young men are […]

It’s the case that doesn’t exist. Even though two different federal courts have conducted hearings and issued rulings, there has been no public record of any action. No documents are available. No files. No lawyer is allowed to speak about it. Period.

Simone Holcomb and her husband of three years, Vaughn Holcomb, also a soldier, were both sent to Iraq early this year. The children’s paternal grandmother came from Ohio to look after them. But while the Holcombs were absent, Vaughn’s ex-wife filed for child support and was threatening to seek full custody of two of the […]

Sara had her birthday party last night at a place called Pops the Champagne which boasts one of the largest selection of champagne in the world. I had two great drinks: a Sidecar (recipe) and a Parisienne. The party was ‘It’s Fabulous to be 30’ so you had to dress as your most fabulous self […]

Since I don’t listen to the radio anymore – I really manage to not get involved in pop music anymore. But I grabbed a copy of Missy Elliot’s new single ‘Pass That Dutch.’ I always love her songs – she’s always got a great edge to her music and a clever use of samples and […]

Just got back from a screening of The Revolution will not be Televised, a stunning documentary about the coup of democratically elected President Hugo Chavez in Venezuela a year ago. The filmmakers were doing a biopic on the leader and found themselves eyewitnesses to a overthrow of the people’s leader by the military – powered […]