My Week in Review |
My first thought was that I don't have much, but on "The Big Broadcast" airing on May 4 I promised to post something. Ideally, something cheerful. The last week, on balance, has been prett...
Posted by Rich Conaty on Mon, 05 May 2008 06:03:00 PST |
Pic & PPS |
Here’s Mary and Me with "The Art of Excellence."
See my problem?
3/23: Les Paul called during the show to apologize (!) for not introducing me from the stage on March 10. (He usually brin...
Posted by Rich Conaty on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:32:00 PST |
Dont Get Your Hopes Up |
The good news is that I’m motivated to write something for the first time since January. That’s also the bad news.
I came home not long ago very satisfied with my life. "This i...
Posted by Rich Conaty on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:42:00 PST |
Russ Columbo & The Found Monologue! |
It's been ages since I've written anything. I've been tempted. There's my perceived professional mistreatment, my official marital "going out of business" sale, and my generally roman...
Posted by Rich Conaty on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:44:00 PST |
Slippery Slopes & His Orchestra |
It's hard to believe that someone so thick could have skin so thin. I'm brooding over a slightly nasty remark that was posted on a Yahoo blog almost nobody will ever see. (It's compou...
Posted by Rich Conaty on Sat, 07 Jul 2007 11:24:00 PST |
My Car Broke Its Hip |
I'm much better at catchy headlines than actual content. I thought of this one a few months ago when one of my Mercury wagon's rear shocks decided it wanted to ride inside. I was maybe twe...
Posted by Rich Conaty on Tue, 08 May 2007 10:58:00 PST |
Curb Appeal (Or, Some Things Are Better Left Unblogged) |
"I look like somebody who has a better looking older brother."
I was reminded of my old joke the other day reading "Awake in the Dark," a collection of short stories by one of my first therapis...
Posted by Rich Conaty on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 05:20:00 PST |
Danny Stiles & The Lost Monologue! |
I was invited to be among the guests honoring Danny Stiles for his 59th anniversary in radio. Historically, I've been billed as attending, with a variety of spellings of my surname, whether or n...
Posted by Rich Conaty on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 08:07:00 PST |
Dream On |
I watch a great deal of TV. When I was a kid, back in the tube era, I once turned on the set, made the screen black, and returned when my favorite show came on. I couldn't wait the thirty ...
Posted by Rich Conaty on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 09:55:00 PST |
Naked City |
As a kid, I remember seeing a film crew in, I think, Flushing. My mother was visiting her friend, Ernestine, a nice woman with a slightly creepy, Peter Lorre-like husband, and a viciou...
Posted by Rich Conaty on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 01:33:00 PST |
