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Billy Joel makes it to the Carrier Dome rafters
Billy Joel can hang out in the Carrier Dome any time he wants. Sure, the Piano Man most likely can pick up the phone and pick up tickets for any Syracuse University football or basketball game he’d want to attend if he had the urge. But the powers-that-be up on the hill wanted the music…
Guest Post: Not today. Paul Curran died
There’s no Sunday guest column from Paul Curran this week. He died. Warning. Several glasses of wine have gone from hand to mouth in the production of this blog post. We don’t know why our friend Paul Curran passed away. I found out that the man who lived im Ottawa, Canada, the writer who graced…
A proud night for my daughter
A slew of folks will gather at a Syracuse restaurant early this evening in honor of one of the smartest people I know. We’ll eat some, drink a little, smile a lot, maybe even tell a story or two about what makes her so special. Then we’ll all head off to the program where two…
Escape
It’s time for our weekly helping of Paul Curran, guest columnist from above. Canada, that is, which is definitely geographically north of my home in upstate New York. Take it away, Mr. Curran. Addicted Welcome to the weekly coffee and tea garden. My name is Paul, I’ll be your barista today and I’m happy to…
It’s beginning to look a lot like ugly Christmas sweater season
The Syracuse University bookstore table outside the Sheraton University tailgate party set up for the Orange football game last week’s Clemson game had a new addition. I thought it was rushing the season a bit. Of course, there’s just one home football game left to move these babies out for the Christmas party season, the…
Hope is where you see it
I was driving to work an early morning of World Series week, still somewhat bleary-eyed from my beloved baseball squad’s defeat that ended not too many hours ago. Gray day. A little drizzly. Eight hours in store for me. Then ahead I spotted a rainbow. A big one, too, stretching toward me as I approached…
