by Laura Benjamin on 05/20/2006
My biggest pet peeve (and that of many others) is when folks don't have the courtesy to return a phone call. Now, I'm not talking about expecting return calls if you're making cold calls to strangers. I'm also not talking about people who you have irritated or given them some other sound reason to ignore you.
I [...]
by Laura Benjamin on 05/08/2006
In the past few days, I've heard one story after next about show biz personalities who have taken big risks to take their lives in a new direction. First was the actor John Corbett who played in "Northern Exposure" and "My Big Fat Greek Wedding". He actually started out as a country western singer, then switched gears at [...]
by Laura Benjamin on 05/05/2006
Last night I watched the final episode of the PBS Special where they put a present day family on a Texas Ranch and ask them to live as ranchers did back in the late 1800's. They had to cook, farm, herd cattle, and dress as people did back in that time.
At the end of 3 months [...]
by Laura Benjamin on 05/02/2006
One of the greatest songs of all time is Aretha Franklin's "Respect", don't ya think? The lyrics go, "…I ain't gonna do you wrong while you're gone…ain't gonna do you wrong…all I'm askin…is for a little respect…"
I'll spare you the "sock it to me, sock it to me" part!
I think about this song whenever I [...]