When You Need Every Word to Count
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The Little Comma With the Dot on Top
Ah, the tricky semicolon, that little comma with the dot on top that many, including newspaper reporters, editors and columnists, are never sure when to use and when to not. I’m always amazed whenever I see a semicolon improperly placed in a sentence when a comma, period or colon will…
Y&R’s Ultimate Marketing Faux Pas
Five years ago, Jill Farren Phelps broke the hearts of die-hard The Young and the Restless fans – me included – when she suddenly fired Michael Muhney, the beloved actor who played Adam Newman. Muhney, a fantastic actor with emotional depth who starred on Y&R from 2009-2014 and was nominated…
On Board
My mother sent this old photo to me the other day. It was taken aboard the SS United States, the fastest liner ever built in the United States. It was 1959 and we were on our way to England to spend time with relatives and friends. My Air Force father…
Time to be in the Assault Victim’s Corner for Both Men and Women, By Mark Fitzgerald
My musician friend, Mark Fitzgerald, who unexpectedly passed away in January 2019, posted the following on Facebook on September 28, 2018. His post perfectly demonstrates that men get assaulted too, and the life-long damage for them is also life changing: "Damn near every female I have become close enough with…
