Here is a humdinger of a bit of gossip actual confirmed news: Liz Smith, octogenarian gossip queen of New York, has been dropped as a New York Post columnist. Sad, but expected. Col Allan cited the economy when he told her he wouldn't be renewing her contract: "Like so many other newspapers around t...

Aw, we're almost misty-eyed. In an hour, the Bush White House will release a damning report on a Friday afternoon for the very last time. Back in September, the Defense Department's inspector general launched a probe into the relationship between the Pentagon and various retired generals acting as t...

I didn’t hear until late last night (ferry trip plus Mark Knopfler concert kept me away from sports news), but yesterday longtime Canuck Markus Naslund signed a two-year deal with the New York Rangers for what works out to $4 million a year: “It wasn’t hard to keep playing because ...

Today, marked a sad day in the lives of so many. Royce and Sue Barron, retired from active missionary service for about two years now are leaving Christ Lives Bible Church and Mexico. They are moving to Houston, Texas to enjoy their retirement years and serve the Lord in Hispanic ministries in new w...

Hey, everyone who broke into a chorus of "Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead" when you heard that Phil Collins was retiring from music—you do realize that he only said he'd be retiring from recording it or playing live, right? Because he has some sort of music-graphomania that is going to make him ke...

Yup, the office building known as ZKO and where I’ve spent the last 20 years working for DEC/Compaq/HP is no longer going to be where I park my butt during the day. I’ll be heading down to Marlboro, MA a few days a week starting sometime in 2008. Here is what the Nashua Telegraph has to ...

Oh HELL. How come no one told me Shocklines is closing down? That's awful. No, I didn't buy from there as often as I bought from Amazon, but I did buy from there, because it was a hell of a store that deserved my custom. I'm going to have to scrape together some money to get another order in before ...

    'Tis the last day of the times that I have know.  The last day that I will live in this manner for quite some time.  It's odd, to look back in time and see how one has lived one's life think of how it will never be quite the same again.  It is a hollow feeling. ...

Tonight I remember all the people I used to know or thought I knew. Tonight I spend a little time with those who died and I do more than remember, I celebrate, weep, laugh, drink, dance, and sing for all those who can no longer do such things. I think of Rosa Parks who stood up by sitting down.  S...