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Wow.  Did not see this coming. According to an exclusive news report, the families behind two major Northeast grocery chains have agreed to merge their stores together under one company and one organization.  The Wegman family and the Golub family, owners of the Wegmans and Price Chopper supermarkets, have agreed to put their resources together…

You know, I could sit here and just try to figure out a bracket and post it here on the blog.  I could do like last year and submit an NIT bracket.  I could do like two years before and just gripe about the unfairness of the NCAA basketball system. But this time, I have…

About a decade ago, I met Whitney Avalon at a fanfest convention.  She was going to be an actress, and I was going to learn to fly – oh wait, I have to stop quoting Harry Chapin songs in my blog.  Especially when she went the “Taxi” route and I went the “W-O-L-D” route. Today,…

I’ve blogged in the past about how I can’t seem to acquire a decent wristwatch. How I’ve obsessed over my dream watch, a Tag Heuer Steve McQueen-branded chronograph. How I’ve missed my Timex Datalink watch, that allowed me to download phone numbers and PDA information by simply holding my wrist to my computer monitor and…

This isn’t the first time that speeches from a famous political figure have been, shall we say, “re-interpreted” in the popular music field. When I was in college, someone edited together pieces from Malcolm X’s speeches, soldered a drumbeat to them, and created this popular dance track. Yesterday morning, I found that one of the…

It took me a few days to get around to hanging it up, but I put it up this morning.  And it looks nice. It’s my 2013 wall calendar, this year sponsored by Nassau Merchandising Corporation.  The calendar features several breathtaking scenes of wildlife paintings and artwork, and it looks good in my office. I…

Man, what a Sunday.  My Pittsburgh Steelers got knocked out of the playoffs – memo to Dan Rooney: draft a new quarterback NOW, the old one ain’t cutting it any more – and it’s just been a dreary, boring Sunday afternoon.  I’ve done my holiday shopping, Cassaundra got her gifts, and I picked up a…

I’ve had a love-hate relationship with the social media site reddit.  I was on the site for a while, gave up on it, and then decided to go back to it on my own terms. Recently I signed up for Reddit’s “Secret Santa 2012” event, in which nearly 60,000 Redditors worldwide play the “Secret Santa”…

So I’ve been single for almost two years now. Hard to believe, right? I know! 🙂 And I’ve gone through the different dating opportunities.  Yep, when you’re in your late 40’s and you’re trying to find someone to spend the rest of your life with, you need to make sure everything is put together properly.…