The Worlds - lite

To: L. Diablo Dear L, Thanks for commenting on my blog post the other day. That was swell! I really appreciate the fact that you t...

Governor Cuomo is a joke. He's been making all these noises to sound progressive, but it's just not there. His latest scam has be...

It's a balmy 14 degrees at 3 in the afternoon in upstate NY, where I hold court. Going down to 1 tonight. And then there's the win...

Jeebus! It's -2.7 degrees outside with winds gusting up to 19 mph. And they say this time it'll last two weeks. Two weeks! No way...

I roared laughing last night when I saw this on the news. (Video at bottom of linked page.) It surprises me that a stunt that frightens ...

What a week this has been. I recall experiencing high temperatures in the past, but the humidity wasn't this high. Usually temps of 10...

Every day I listen for cicadas but hear only silence. They're waiting. And what are they waiting for? Outdoor graduation parties, of ...

The snow is piled in drifts this morning, making it hard to say how deep it is. But I think there's about a foot or so of snow out ther...

It's disheartening to hear the weather forecasters speak of an "historic snowstorm" descending on New York and Connecticut (...

If you don't see me here tomorrow, it means I've lost electricity. According to the weather folks, my area is expecting between 9 ...

It's snowing outside and we're expecting high winds. Here's hoping our Sandy-battered electrical system can handle it. There m...

NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Hurricane Sandy raged through the Bahamas early Friday after leaving 21 people dead across the Caribbean, followin...

In an article about a woman being sentenced for punching a 70-year-old Walmart cashier on Xmas Eve -- very atmospheric, that -- they say t...

There's a cool exhibition at the New York Public Library right now. It's called " Lunch Hour NYC ". It brought up all s...

I'm wildly irritated by something the police in Putnam County did. When a local family was killed in a fire, the son survived . His mot...

So mayor Mikey Bloomberg wants super-sized sodas off the menu. Because he cares about people so much. Uh-huh. And then he sends his troop...

Since the early snow in New York, power has become a sometime thing. It comes and goes, almost every day. Today it was out all damn day. Ju...

Although we got our power back on Sunday after a 30-hour blackout, much of the surrounding area remains unplugged. Local schools cancelled...

In the NY Times today is a story about the poor, beleaguered marriage clerks who can't be hateful to gay people anymore, at least at wo...

Pretty cool: gay marriage is legal in New York state. I didn't think it would happen, at least not now. New York is famous for filling ...