The Oscars–Recap and Ruminations

By: Mary Fran Bontempo As usual, I loved watching the Oscars on Sunday night. Until, also as usual, I started to complain about pretty much everything around 90 minutes in. Here are a few thoughts.... 1.  Neil Patrick Harris: Awesome Tony host, super Emmy host, meh Oscar host. I'm pretty sure you need a comedian to host this show, not someone who needs to have his words written for him. The best Oscar [...]

2018-10-30T09:40:51-04:00February 24th, 2015|0 Comments

That Screaming Goat? Yeah, It’s Real!

Have you seen the screaming goat in the recent Sprint commercials? Well, first, it's actually a sheep, and second, yeah, it's really screaming. Check out the video below that shows a few of these emotional animals letting us know what they really think. Hilarious! --Mary Fran    

2018-10-30T09:41:05-04:00February 10th, 2015|0 Comments

A New Kind of Fantasy

By: Mary Fran Bontempo Yesterday, I spent the entire day scrubbing the glue off of the walls in my kitchen. This is not a new exercise routine. It's what has to happen when you finally remove the God-awful wallpaper that's been on your kitchen walls since 1993 before you can paint those same walls a nice, soothing, solid color that has nothing to do with paisley, or Victorianna, or any of the other [...]

2018-10-30T09:41:13-04:00February 3rd, 2015|0 Comments

What Goes Around Comes Around

By: Mary Fran Bontempo Ear wax remover Snoring nasal strips Dental filling wax Believe it or not, the above shopping list is not mine. Nor is it my husband's. I'm delighted to report that the items listed above are those of my not-quite-yet thirty-year-old son. Hahahahaha! David admitted to purchasing the items while bemoaning the fact that he had, indeed, finally morphed into an old man, or more tellingly, his parents--something I'd told [...]

2018-10-30T09:41:16-04:00January 27th, 2015|0 Comments

Comcast–The Tenth Circle of Hell

By: Mary Fran Bontempo I ran this column this past summer, but after my most recent adventures with Comcast, a mere six months later, which involved five phone calls and one visit to the store today still with no resolution, I decided to run it again. The circumstances today are a bit different, but the result is the same--Aaaaaahhhhhhh!!!!! Feel free to pass on the rant.   “Abandon all hope, ye who enter [...]

2018-10-30T09:41:17-04:00January 23rd, 2015|6 Comments
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