With 2011 half over, it's time to look at my "dead pool" predictions for this year, that I made in December of last year. Once again, the list: Zsa-Zsa Gabor Bob Barker Mike Wallace Jack LaLanne (1/24/11) Harry Morgan Olivia de Havilland Michael Dukakis Billy Graham Betty Garrett (2/12/11) Eli Wallach Stan Musial Abe Vagoda Nancy Reagan Both Kirk and … Read More
Dick Van Dyke And Celebrity Bios
Blogger Lance Mannion is underwhelmed by Dick Van Dyke's memoir "My Lucky Life", in part because Dick Van Dyke is too decent a guy to engage in gossip. And not just mean gossip, but "inside baseball" stuff. Well, it's Dick Van Dyke. He's a decent enough guy. I wouldn't expect him to give dirt or a deep inside look. This … Read More
Verizon 4G Coming To Triad Sooner Than Expected
GREENSBORO N.C. (WGHP)— Verizonannounced on Tuesday it will turn on its 4G LTE network in Greensboro, Winston-Salem and High Point on July 21. 4G mobile service gives consumers service up to 10 times faster than a 3G network. The company expects average data rates in real-world, loaded network environments to be 5 to 12 megabits per second (Mbps) on the … Read More
Breaking: Walker Opinion On Prop 8 Upheld
WSJ: SAN FRANCISCO—A federal judge has upheld a gay judge's ruling to strike down California's same-sex marriage ban. Chief U.S. District Judge James Ware said Tuesday that former Chief Judge Vaughn Walker did not have to divulge whether he wanted to marry his own gay partner before he declared last year that voter-approved marriage ban was unconstitutional. Lawyers for backers … Read More
RIP, Leonard Stern, The [Adjective] Creator of Mad-Libs
And everyone — myself included — makes the obvious gag: Leonard B. Stern, an Emmy-winning writer, producer and director for television whose frantic search for an adjective one day led him and a colleague to create Mad Libs, the game that asks players to fill in blanks with designated parts of speech to yield comically ________[adj.] stories, died on Tuesday at his … Read More
The Review Is In….
From the Winston-Salem Journal: Play is good-hearted fun By LYNN FELDER "Duck Hunter Shoots Angel," which opened Friday night at Twin City Stage, follows the misadventures of a couple of good old boys who think they've shot an angel and a tabloid journalist from "up North" as they search for meaning and redemption in an Alabama swamp. Along the way, … Read More
Kevorkian Dead
Peacefully, in a hospital bed. Yes, he was an odd man with many issues, but not when it came to the notion that people should be able to die with dignity. Can't fault his views on that.
This Side Of The Tracks
This is the arrest record from just one local trailer park this past weekend: Rakem Deshawn Chambers, 23, was charged with driving while impaired. Albert Barron Kimber, 24, and Cyvonne Lachelle Hooper, 26, were charged with being drunk and disruptive and resisting arrest. Dawanna Creed Jackson, 25, was charged with disorderly conduct. Miguel Mendez Oliva, 31, was charged with assault on … Read More
Weather Wonders
For those keeping score — and I'm sure most aren't – as of May 23, Mother Nature had unleashed a whopping 1,151 twisters in the U.S. That's more than double the 506 that had touched ground by this same time in 2010.
Joplin, MO
Horrifying. 89 dead so far, including a co-worker of mine who lost his mother — apparently a wall collapsed on her as his brother held to protect her. Death toll expected to rise.
Another Japan Earthquake
It just happened within the past few minutes. 7.4 on the Richter scale. Tsunami warnings. Apparently, the same epicenter as the last one. This can't be good, especially for that trouble nuke plant.
TV Recommendation
NOVA tonight… entitled Japan’s Killer Quake. It's only been a few weeks, and yet the events in Japan are already receding into the memory's past for those outside the ravaged country. The NOVA special will help us remember that the whole catastrophe is far from over. From all accounts, it is not disaster porn (although there is, of course, non-gory footage … Read More
Yeah, THAT’LL Work!
Waste of money: An advertisement for Winston-Salem will soon be in the advertising center of the U.S. — Times Square. The billboard in the Big Apple will entice people to visit Winston-Salem for a weekend trip to experience a different kind of city. The five-second add will run 120 times, with a potential viewing audience of more than one million … Read More