You know those summer jobs you are trying to line up? Well, of course, the money is the big attraction. And you probably have heard all you care to about acquiring a work ethic, building character and what not. But there's something else you need…
How do you react to professional sports leagues in the United States crowning a "world champion"? A) U.S.A.! U.S.A! B) It's embarrassing. The only competition that deserves to use that expression is soccer's World Cup. C) But we are the center of the universe. D)…
It's pretty bad when someone misspells his or her own name. But it happens. This morning, though, I encountered a new one. Needing her mailing address so I could send her a coveted reporter's notebook, I sent an email to a woman whose first name…
www.poppacool.blogspot.com If you are curious about Keith Colley, I suggest you look him up. I'm not going to pretend that I had heard of him before five minutes ago.
I'm just guessing. I have not done any polling. But, assuming we were in freelance pursuit of the ever-elusive "spare change," I'd bet that it would not occur to most of us to hail a cyclist riding through downtown shortly after sunrise and solicit a…
Before The Slice Blog debuted a year ago, I had a concern. Well, two actually. One was pretty basic: What if nobody reads it? I addressed that by deciding to have fun and not fret about it too much. Still had my day job, after…