There was a bomb threat on campus
February 16, 2007 was an interesting day. At the time, I was the Public Relations Director for the Ashtabula regional campus of Kent State University. That meant I handled media communications. And if the dean wasn’t available, I was the face and voice of the campus....
Hagar and His PR People
Hagar the Horrible by Chris Browne Published May 16, 2004 I have a sense of humor about my second career. So much so that I have plenty of these kinds of comics collected.
Rose is Rose Snow Grilling
Rose is Rose by Pat Brady & Don Wimmer Published January 11, 2009 All my friends, especially people I have lived with, know this is me all over. Usually I’m only in a T-shirt though.
Calvin and Hobbes Cold
Calvin & Hobbes by Bill Watterson Published January 4, 1993 This has long been one of my favorite strips. Both Calvin and Hobbes and this specific strip. In fact, it was published 27 years ago today. I often think that when I wake up on a cold northeast Ohio...
The Y2K bug hit our new years eve party
As most of humanity was looking forward to New Year’s day 2021, there was a completely opposite anticipation for New Year’s day 2000. If you were born before 1985, you probably remember that time well. It was the dreaded Y2K. Y2K is the shorthand term for “the...
Sally Forth Stars
Sally Forth Created by Greg Howard Published May 10, 1999 I love sunset watching and stargazing. My daughter doesn’t understand this fascination. Tonight (the day this post publishes) I hope to be able to photograph the Grand Conjunction when Saturn and Jupiter...
Your Job To Be Wrong
Every person’s opinion I have no idea. But it was on my office corkboard in the early 2000s. Don’t remember where or when I saw this, but everyone can relate.
I got kicked out of a public meeting
When I was a radio reporter covering local levels of government, I never thought I would become part of a story. Oh, but it happened. In April of 1988, the Chardon Township Trustees banned the use of tape recorders in their meetings. It seems one of the trustees was...
Committee for Committees
Dilbert by Scott Adams Published August 26, 2001 “Our goal is to develop a process for generating ideas to solve the problem.” I’ve been in that meeting.
Quotes
Alex Harvey
, Sensational Alex Harvey Band
“Thank you, thank you, thank you very much, thank you. We hope you enjoyed the show.”
Hawkeye Pierce
, M*A*S*H 4077
“What do you expect? I come from the land of the free and the home of depraved.”
Pete Townsend
, The Who
“Rock and roll will always, always, always overcome eventually.”
