Entries from July 2008

July 17, 2008

It’s Coming Right Along…

Some of you have asked about the kitchen renovation.
Well, as you can see, it’s “coming right along.”  (At least, that’s what I keep telling myself.)  I took this picture this morning.
Six weeks into the project and it’s still a gaping hole in the house.  Only now it’s a hole without a floor.  Those guys are [...]

July 16, 2008

The Cats Are Winning

By now you’ve probably concluded that the Factory is closed.  I can’t blame you.
In the not-too-distant past, I blogged about how getting ready to cover the Olympics is like herding cats.  The cats are winning.
All this week we’ve been chasing after the Luis Yanez story.  He’s the Duncanville boxer who’s now been reinstated to the U.S. [...]

July 9, 2008

Stop the Parade!

One of the highlights of spending the Fourth of July on Block Island is the parade.  The Tournament of Roses this is not.  The Tournament of Beach Roses perhaps… 
Oh, there are the requisite flags and marching bands.  But the parade is renowned from one end of Rhode Island to the other for things like:  
Girls in bikinis dancing [...]

July 7, 2008

Rocking the Boat

So I was on vacation for a few days last week, and I was hoping to escape anything having to do with the news…
No such luck.
I arrived at the ferry landing at Pt. Judith, Rhode Island (en route to Block Island) only to find a fleet of TV live trucks.  Ever the journalist, I asked [...]