THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT: Christmas TV really is special
With new TV taking a break, Corinne Nicholson takes a look at her favorite Christmas TV specials
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Christmas lights a big deal around here
Do you love Christmas lights? Oh, I do. Of course, I’m talking about lights on houses during the months of November and December, maybe even part of January. I just can’t look at a house decorated with thousands of bright lights and be in a bad mood. By the same ...
BUCK'S BYTES: Always looking to the future
It's a great comfort to live in a world filled with plenty of people who focus more on the future than the past. We obviously have a lot to learn about from the past, but the one thing we never can do with the past is change it.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Families. Can’t live with ‘em, can’t live without ‘em.
One of the Grand Dames of the family holidays is behind us, and the other (far bigger for many families) looms large before us. How are you doing so far? Christmas, or Chanukkah, or whatever you celebrate at this glorious time of the year, is practically upon us. These high ...
FRANK'S PLACE: Braised brisket builds kitchen confidence
Sometimes a tough undertaking in the kitchen can lead to defeat, but as with most challenges, a hard-fought victory is a sweet one.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Breaking up is hard to do, with food anyway.
Well, the big day of giving thanks is over, my friends. The turkey carcass is picked clean, the ham bone is all that’s left of that glorious mound of glistening pork, and the casseroles look ravaged and depleted. The food that remains, if any, should probably be thrown out sometime ...
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Black Thursday? Will you be there?
Thanksgiving is almost here; hard to believe, isn’t it? I’ve been seeing a lot of television commercials encouraging shoppers to put on their shin guards and bike helmets, and head out to stores right after eating the big dinner on Thursday. I don’t know about all that. It just doesn’t ...
BUCK'S BYTES: Be informed, careful with Black Friday deals
I regret to inform you that I shall not be joining the 18 billion of you taking place in the post-Thanksgiving shopping bonanza known as Black Friday this year. I'm broke, I hate crowds and I think I'll just end up with a pre-emptive strike against the turkey.
BUCK'S BYTES: Internet, TV gave soccer path to victory
It seems weird to think that just two decades ago I really had no comprehension of soccer as a sport outside of the three years I played back in the early 1980s. I was no star, but I can recall playing some nice games in at keeper and scoring once myself on a penalty kick.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: The High Holy Days of cooking are upon us
I had the honor and pleasure of being a guest author at the prestigious Dahlonega Literary Festival this past weekend, and I had a great time. If you’ve never been, you should mark your calendars now to attend next year at about this same time. It’s a reader’s (and a ...
BUCK'S BYTES: Connected to the election outcome
I honestly don't know how we ever got by with just a plethora of TV stations feeding us data on election night.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Teens are pros at pushing buttons
How many of you out there are parents of teenagers? Let me start out today by just saying this: Bless you. Parenting teenagers has to have been the most challenging, trying time in our parenting careers, and as happy as I am that we all came through it pretty much ...
THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT: A little Halloween music
Happy Halloween! I put together some of my favorite songs I like to listen to at Halloween as I get ready to welcome tiny costumed kids to my door.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Pumpkin carving takes a new twist at our house
For the first time in 26 years, my husband and I undertook the task of carving our Halloween pumpkins without a single child anywhere in sight. To be honest, I put off the task until the very last minute, dreading the inevitable feeling of sadness I knew I’d feel with ...
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Mine’s bigger than yours (it’s all about horsepower)
I stepped way outside my comfort zone last week, electing to go into an auto parts store to purchase wiper blades for my car instead of adding one more thing to my husband’s to-do list. I’m about as comfortable in a place like that as he is in my hair ...
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: With age, comes privilege
I went to have lunch earlier this week with my 93-year-old father. He lives in a wonderful assisted living facility in Johns Creek, where the atmosphere is calming, pleasant and friendly. My dad is, for all practical purposes, blind, so this atmosphere matters even more to him than they might ...
BUCK'S BYTES: Apple not slowing down, and the optical drive is dying
If you had been reading geek tea leaves recently, you knew that Apple was likely to unveil a new, smaller iPad on Tuesday. I figured that, but what I didn't realize is that Apple was going to pretty much revamp its entire product line in the span of about a month.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Halloween candy an accurate measure of will power
It’s here again, folks. That time of year when every retailer from small drug stores to super-big-box utopias display those tempting Halloween treats from one end of the store to the other. I get hooked every time, walking by those well-marketed end-caps whispering and winking and opening their coats to ...
FRANK'S PLACE: Horror movies and house noises
If you type "house noise" into Google, you get all kinds of explanations: old pipes rattling behind the wall, the wooden frame of the house "settling," the expansion and contraction of wood and so on and so forth.
