Mark Callaghan
How to Cope with Facebook’s New Timeline
Like many of you, after receiving warnings from Facebook for weeks, I spent some time this weekend setting-up my new Facebook Timeline and my feature photo. As you’ve heard, Timeline is the new feature going live on Tuesday which replaces your Facebook profile. It’s essentially a pipeline of life events in the form of photos, status updates and wall posts. I had heard rumblings by privacy experts
Should You Prepare Your Own Tax Returns?
Oh, it’s that time of year again — time to get together all of the information for my income tax returns. Employers and banks have until January 31st to deliver me the W-2 forms and 1099′s and I dread that day because it means that it’s time for me to file my tax returns for the federal government and the State of Colorado
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Ingenious Solution to Cellphone Rudeness in Restaurants: The Phone Stack
Okay, I must confess to texting once in a while during dinner. And I’ve been put-off by friends who spend half the meal scanning their Facebook timeline! So, I was intruiged by this little game I saw described over at the Kempt blog and wanted to share it with you right away. It’s like a drinking game, but it’s meant to put an end to cellphone rudeness at dinnertime once and for all!
Junky Yard Earns Jail Time for South Carolina Woman
Wow! I’ve heard of people getting citations from the police, but this is the first time I’ve heard of somebody going to jail over a messy yard! The problem began in 2008 when the economy hit South Carolina photographer Linda Ruggles’ business hard. Her roof project came to a halt, stacks of shingles sat on her roof for years and her yard began to fill-up with junk metal she collected for spare cas
Illegal Psychadelic Mushrooms Stop Suicide Headaches
When I think of magic mushrooms, I think of how they fueled the Psychadelic Sixties and Seventies, not using them as medicine. Apparently, I’m wrong. Psychadelic mushrooms, it turns out, have been used as medicine for centuries, but not here in the U.S. since they were branded a banned substance. While researchers at Harvard University
Colorado Teen Deemed Too Sexy for the High School Yearbook
Whoa! Times certainly are changing. A Durango high school has told a teenage student that the photo she submitted for the yearbook is too racy for publication. Seniors at Durango High School can submit their own photos for inclusion in the yearbook.
Tebow Time-Travels to Meet David Bowie
Oh, how funny! I caught a quick bit of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon last night and thought I was experiencing an acid trip! Jimmy debuted his newest character, Tebowie — an hysterical mashup of David Bowie & Tim Tebow. Check it out for yourself in the video below.
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Steve Jobs’ Successor Makes You Look Poor
After nearly three decades in radio, you know that I love this business. But, I’m starting to think that I’m in the wrong job after learning that Steve Jobs’ successor made . . . are you ready? . . . $378,000,000.00 last year. The folks at Mashable.com are reporting that Steve Cook, the man who was chosen to fill Steve Jobs’ shoes at Apple, made more money last year than
Trapped Onboard for 8 Hours
I still remember the wet and heavy snow that piled-up at my house in October, like it was yesterday — probably because of the tree limbs that snapped under the weight of the accumulated snow and came crashing down in my yard. Corry Stanley won’t soon be forgetting the October storms, either. She and her husband were trapped
Officer, My Dad is Hiding in the Attic!
A new dad has learned a parenting lesson the hard way: he was turned in to the police by his own son. When police showed-up on the doorstep of Valdet Gjeloshi for a probation violation, his wife said he wasn’t there.
Never one to tell a lie, his two-year-old son said he was home, but hiding in the attic. That poor kid
Shorter Days . . . Bigger Appetites!
Oh, thank God it’s not just me! It’s that time of year for shorter days and longer nights . . . and more food. It’s winter! And I’m hungry — more hungry than I am in the warmer months. Despite watching my diet and maintaining my regular workout schedule, I find that I’m craving more food. Well, researchers say that I’m not alone.
A Marriage Proposal via LEGO!
Just when I thought I’d seen it all, along comes filmaker Walt Thompson and his video marriage proposal to his fiance done entirely with LEGO characters! The project took him 22 hours to film and, I would venture, would melt the heart of his soon-to-be wife.