January 27, 2012

Recapping the Best Movie Themes

Total People in Discussion: 20

   I promised to pull together several weeks worth of Movie Theme Song lists and your suggestions into one massive post, so here it is.

January 26, 2012

Tell Us About Your Worst Date

Total People in Discussion: 4

    Today's post will be a collection of stuff I wanted to catch up with, including my visit this morning with radio host Ken Matthews and my call in this morning's column for readers to tell me about their worst dates so I can use them in my annual Valentine's Day Looove Connection column.

January 25, 2012

State of the Union: What did you think?

Total People in Discussion: 5

     I don't consider myself a pundit, but I do have a forum for expressing my opinions about politics, a privilege most of you probably don't have. So I'd like to give you a chance to pretend you're on CNN.

January 24, 2012

Iron Pig Inquiry

Total People in Discussion: 3

    The photo on the left appeared in one of my blog posts in November 2006, back when the Lehigh Valley's new minor league baseball team announced that it had chosen IronPigs from the entries in a naming contest.

January 23, 2012

Coaching Mitt Romney

Total People in Discussion: 11

    “Governor,” the campaign manager said, “are you ready?”

January 20, 2012

Movie Quote Quiz

Total People in Discussion: 25

   My last Movie Quote Quiz of 10 questions was answered so quickly that I got brave and decided to return to 15 quotes this time.

January 19, 2012

Brain Twister

Total People in Discussion: 9

     OK, since I gave you a Current Events Quiz the other day -- and a Movie Quotes Quiz coming up Friday, so be sure to check in early if you want to participate -- I thought I might as well go all out with a mini-Language Quiz today.

January 18, 2012

Urban Legends

Total People in Discussion: 7

    My column for Thursday will be about urban legends, a subject I've mostly consigned to the blog since I started blogging. I consider myself an aficionado, although my friends are more likely to describe me as a killjoy on the subject.

January 17, 2012

Current Events Test

Total People in Discussion: 16

    One of my regular correspondents sent me a message the other day that linked to a current events test.

January 16, 2012

John Fries and Reassessment

Total People in Discussion: 7

    I guess it was just a coincidence, but I was copied on a letter to the editor about the need for a Lehigh County reassessment just before Lehigh County officials began publicly squabbling about whether to put it off for another year.

January 11, 2012

Best Comedy/Romance Movie Theme Songs

Total People in Discussion: 23

     I'm taking a couple of well-deserved days off Thursday and Friday, so I thought I would use today's post to put up the last of my new movie theme song lists. I expect to put together all the lists, including your comments, in a couple of weeks to arrive at an epic final collection that will fit the best themes into the most logical categories.

January 10, 2012

Statute of Limitations

Total People in Discussion: 0

    My column today was about the way more victims are coming forward as a result of high-profile child sex abuse cases and the importance of discussing and passing two state House bills that would give more child sex abuse victims the opportunity to name and confront their accusers in court.

January 9, 2012

Just Shut Up

Total People in Discussion: 4

    My favorite sports talk show, Mike and Mike in the Morning on ESPN radio, used to include a weekly feature called "Just Shut Up." It was directed at some big-mouth player, coach, etc., who had something really stupid and obnoxious. They would throw a few deserving names out there and let listeners vote.

January 6, 2012

Movie Quote Quiz

Total People in Discussion: 10

    Today I unveil the first Movie Quote Quiz of 2012.

January 5, 2012

Eagles Needs

Total People in Discussion: 0

     Now that we know Andy Reid will be back to coach the Eagles again, it’s appropriate to discuss what other changes need to be made to turn the team into a serious contender for a Super Bowl.

January 4, 2012

Iowa Caucuses

Total People in Discussion: 6

     I was going to use today's post to throw out my thoughts about the Eagles, but that can wait a day. In the wake of the first Republican presidential primary, I figured I would offer a forum for your thoughts about what happened in Iowa and how this is likely to shake out.

January 3, 2012

Power Struggle

Total People in Discussion: 1

     I'll be attending reorganization meetings for Northampton County Council and the Lehigh County commissioners today. At least one of them is likely to be very interesting.

December 30, 2011

Best Epic/Sports Movie Theme Songs

Total People in Discussion: 11

     The latest in my series of Best Movie Theme Song lists is today's grouping of Epic and Sports Movies. These categories don't particularly go together, but hey, it's my blog. We'll look at Comedies and Romances in a couple of weeks.

December 29, 2011

Unaffiliated?

Total People in Discussion: 6

    Here's another email I received in response to my columns about the unconstitutional Republican gerrymandering scheme and my feeling that we should punish everyone who voted for it. I'm sharing this one because it raises an interesting question about party affiliation.

December 28, 2011

Come On, Don't Hold Back

Total People in Discussion: 3

    Reactions to my recent front-page tirade about the recent state gerrymandering vote were a mixed bag, including a counterpoint this morning from noted Republican fat cat Charlie Snelling.

December 21, 2011

Confessions of a GOP Grassroots Activist

Total People in Discussion: 4

    I'll be railing again in my next column about the Republicans who voted in favor of the atrocious GOP congressional redistricting plan -- locally, PAT BROWNE, BOB MENSCH, DAVID ARGALL, GARY DAY, JULIE HARHART and DOUG REICHLEY -- and I know some Republicans have accused me of unfairly targeting their party.

December 20, 2011

Nouns as Verbs

Total People in Discussion: 14

   This from today's Entertainment News (News, 12). " NBC will honor actress Betty White with a two-hour block that twins her 90th birthday and a sneak peak....." That's from the verb 'to twin.' Just when you think it can't get any worse ....

December 19, 2011

No Kill Lehigh Valley

Total People in Discussion: 11

    Since I was one of the people pushing for No Kill Lehigh Valley to get enough to support win a $50,000 grant last year from Pepsi, it seems only right that I relay the group's report on where the money went.

December 16, 2011

Movie Quote Quiz

Total People in Discussion: 15

     Amidst my Christmas Light madness, I've managed to scrape together an abbreviated Movie Quote Quiz for you today. There's a common theme linking all 10 of these movies.

December 15, 2011

First Traitors

Total People in Discussion: 10

   Let the record show that the state Senate voted 26-24 in the wee small hours of the morning to approve the Republicans' outrageously gerrymanderd congressional district maps, including a 15th District that loses a big chunk of Northampton County -- and that three members of the Lehigh Valley delegation demonstrated they're more worried about pleasing their GOP bosses than serving the area they ostensibly represent.