Recent content by tomcat

I retired 8 years ago. It lasted all of four months, and then I tried to find some kind of work. Having spent my whole like in writing/marketing/PR/communications, I had little hope of finding anything in small-town Florida where we moved. Then saw an ad from the local Boys & Girls, Club, which...

Nice to know someone else who likes this band. I heard an interview on NPR years ago, looked them up abd git hooked. Great to hear them again.

For many years -- more than I care to think about -- I've enjoyed women's college basketball, UConn-style. While I'll watch the men's NCAA tournament sometimes, especially if an upset is possible, I've never been that big a fan. And it's probably just me, but I find the NBA unwatchable. Lately...

She can be a real difference-maker for the team.

As others have said, this is AI from the get-go. I watched a few of these early on and noticed inaccuracies. Who knows who is behind these videos? The voice identifies itself as "your host." No name. That says a lot and makes me skeptical of all of it. The originator of this video, whoever it...

"'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain." America -- "Horse with No Name." One partial sentence, three negatives. My head wants to explode.

The Princess Bride Ghostbusters

Ending all sentences with prepositions will turn you into Yoda. And anyway, it's way too much work.

I've been a professional writer in a number of very different fields for more than 50 years. They way I've dealt with this has been like this: 1. Follow the rule when you can, which turns out to be the vast majority of the time. This often helps the reader, because the "to" or "with" hanging off...

Close was thoughtful and composed, and to me, made a lot of sense.

Cripes. I thought someone was writingabout Oscar Robertson.,,,,who was the Big O.

It's one of several sites that have cropped up aroudn the time of the NCAAs -- or maybe they were there before and just got more prominent then. But the headlines are almost always teases and overstated, and the writing is flat and machine-like. I got suckered into one story that said it was an...

You mean Boston, that hotbed of women's basketball?

This is becoming the ultimate tempest in a teapot. Let's all celebrate the new Pope's election and rhe fact that he's a Wildcat. It'sa time to be happy, for cryin out loud. We get too few of them in this world.

I just worry that UConn has a lot of talented guards already, and will have a hard time allocating playing time. I;m also skeptical of claims that Heckel walks on water (or perhaps dribbles on water is more accurate).