Flying Under the Radar: No shortage of seasonal hits
Somewhere out there is a new marketing survey that clearly shows shoppers buy more stuff in stores when Christmas songs and all types of holiday tunes are playing on speakers...
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Flying Under the Radar: Stevenson Championship football, real life ‘Friday Night Lights’
So the story goes like this, the undefeated high school football team ends its perfect season by winning the state championship game in a thrilling nail-biter, then hoists a huge...
With cash, she’s a changed girl
"Daddy, can you buy me that, can we get one of those, how about this for my birthday?" Rarely can our 6-year-old daughter sit through TV commercial breaks during her...
Good parking spot? Hey, you gotta dig it!
Had I known I was paying to dig my own parking spot, maybe I would have packed a shovel. On a recent midmorning, I learned the hard way that finding...
BoysTEAMS, SYNOPSIS2 FARRAGUT 79 Austin 65Public Red…
Boys TEAMS, SYNOPSIS 2 FARRAGUT 79 Austin 65 Public Red West Chris Singletary's 27 points led the Admirals (15-2, 6-0), while Ollie Bailey scored 19 and Emmanuel Little 10. 4...
GirlsTEAM, SYNOPSIS(3) LOYOLA 61 Regina 28GCAC RedSophomore…
Girls TEAM, SYNOPSIS (3) LOYOLA 61 Regina 28 GCAC Red Sophomore guard Brittany McCoy scored 12 of her game-high 22 points in the second quarter as the Ramblers used a...
Airport windbag causes turbulence
Even with hundreds of people around, you couldn't help but notice him. A pudgy, arm-flailing, head-shaking verbally abusive crackpot--and we weren't anywhere near Tony Soprano. The unannounced dramedy recently unfolded...
A triple-ring ceremony
While attending a recent wedding in the ballroom of a Loop hotel, we were all entertained by not one but two cell phones ringing during the ceremony! The first chimed...
Where there’s smoke . . .
Anyone who saw the movie "Quicksilver" may think of Kevin Bacon weaving his way through New York City traffic when picturing a bicycle messenger. But there appears to be more...
Going on parenting maneuvers
On a recent suburban, all-terrain field exercise (or shopping trip), I realized that most of us parents of young children possess coordination skills worthy of recognition from the Pentagon. After...