Atlanta’s Audio Dust Jacket Radio Interviews NRFGP Mary Fran Bontempo
New radio interview with NRFGP's Mary Fran Bontempo and Audio Dust Jacket-- Click the play arrow below to listen in!
Globes Wrap-Up and Zero Dark Thirty–A Movie Review
This week in entertainment: A Golden Globes wrap up and a review of the Oscar-nominated film, Zero Dark Thirty By: Mary Fran Bontempo Golden Globes Wrap-UpA few final thoughts on the Golden Globes, airing last Sunday on NBC. First, thank you Tina Fey and Amy Pohler. The two funny ladies were just that--funny. Not mean, not disrespectful, just funny. A welcome change from the ugliness of former host Ricky Gervais.Second, has everyone in Hollywood forgotten [...]
Spreading the "Crazy" Around
By: Mary Fran Bontempo To hear an audio version of this post, click the play arrow below. I'm enjoying many things about my kids getting older--not the least of which is that they now do their own laundry. But by far the most gratifying side effect of their maturing is their slowly dawning realization that their mother--me--is not the only "crazy" parent in the house. It's safe to say that every woman [...]
The Impossible–A Movie Review; Plus, Golden Globes This Sunday!
By: Mary Fran Bontempo As a child, I loved "riding the waves" in the ocean at the Jersey shore. Stretching out my body and letting the water carry me into the beach was a thrill ride, without the price of a ticket on the boardwalk.But every once in a while, a wave would come along that would overwhelm, crashing over my head and pulling me down to the sandy ocean floor, where it [...]
Withdrawing From a Coupon Haze
By: Mary Fran Bontempo To hear an audio version of this post, click the play arrow below. I’m going through withdrawal. It’s not about smoking, or, heaven forbid, something more sinister, although sometimes it feels like it. It’s about coupons. For weeks—scratch that—months, leading up to Christmas, I was a coupon-clipping maniac. I scoured the newspaper, mail, internet, you name it, for any little scrap of paper that promised an additional discount on [...]
A Giggle for You!
A little silver-haired lady calls her neighbor and says, "Please come over here and help me. I have a killer jigsaw puzzle, and I can't figure out how to get started." Her neighbor asks, "What is it supposed to be when it's finished?" The little silver-haired lady says, "According to the picture on the box, it's a rooster." Her neighbor decides to go over and help with the puzzle. She lets him in and shows him [...]