Play-It’s Good for You—-A Video!
A perfect NRFGP video--with dogs! Too cute. Enjoy! --Mary Fran --
The Lone Ranger–A Movie Review
By: Mary Fran Bontempo Johnny Depp is back as Captain Jack Sparrow in the latest installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean movie franchise, although this time, he looks like an Indian and answers to the name, Tonto. Well, not really; it just seems that way. The Lone Ranger, produced by the same team at the helm of the Pirates movies, is the latest vehicle to showcase Depp and his quirky take on [...]
Susan Rocco–Women to Watch
By: Mary Fran Bontempo Susan Rocco loves a good story. And as the creator and host of WWDB-AM radio's Women to Watch, Rocco hears a lot of stories. Women to Watch, airing Mondays at 2 PM on WWDB's talk radio channel 860, plays like a conversation between girlfriends sharing stories--really interesting girlfriends who run their own companies, serve as CEOs, write books and generally make positive contributions to the world around them. Susan [...]
Google Glass–Clouding Vision with Glasses
By: Mary Fran Bontempo To hear an audio version of this post, click the play arrow below. I was in the fourth grade when I got the news. After months of squinting at the blackboard and whispering to the kids around me to ask what the teacher had written, my mother took me to the eye doctor. I needed glasses. Of course, I was horrified. Back then (I won't say just how far [...]
Miyoko Shida–The Power of Focus–A Video for You!
No words can describe this. You'll hold your breath as you watch. Amazing! --Mary Fran
The Heat–A Movie Review
By: Mary Fran Bontempo If rough language isn't your thing, then avoid The Heat, the new movie starring Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy as a pair of mismatched cops on the hunt for a drug dealer. But if you can handle the scorched earth lingo spewing from McCarthy's mouth, then The Heat is one funny f***ing movie. The Heat brings Bullock's stuffed shirt FBI agent, Sarah Ashburn (Get it? She's caustic.) together [...]
Freedom From the Things that Free Us
By: Mary Fran Bontempo To hear an audio version of this post, click the play arrow below. Owning a car is one of those things we Americans equate with freedom. Being able to jump in the car and get to work, run errands or just drive and enjoy this great country of ours is a gift. Unless it isn't. Sometimes having a car is a ticket to the land of obligation. You [...]