"The View From the Phlipside" is a media commentary program airing on WRFA-LP, Jamestown NY. It can be heard Tuesday through Friday just after 8 AM and 5 PM. The following are scripts which may not exactly match the aired version of the program. Mostly because the host may suddenly choose to add or subtract... Continue Reading →
For All These Things
One of the great aspects of my job as a youth minister is that part of my job is going to camp. A fair number of you just rolled your eyes and groaned. You thanked your lucky stars that it was me and not thee.Silly people.I will spend the week waking up on the cliffs... Continue Reading →
Book Review – The Three Musketeers
"The Three Musketeers" by Alexandre Dumas (pere) - 1844 Having just read a biography of Dumas's father (for which I thought I'd written a review but apparently not) I was happy to dive into this great classic of French literature hiding on my Nook. The basic story is fairly well known - a young man,... Continue Reading →
Time to Get Real – Week of August 5
This week was a difficult one. Lots of stress, preparation for a week of camp, last minute potholes in that process. I came home tired and too often discouraged. And we know what happens then. So my eating was not all that it should have been this week. My exercise was not as regular as... Continue Reading →
Movie Review – Cold Comfort Farm
Cold Comfort Farm (1995) - Young Flora Poste (Kate Beckinsale) finds herself orphaned and with only 100 pounds income a year. Her solution? To live with (and off of) her distant relatives. Somewhat to her chagrin the likeliest candidate is a distant branch of the family who claim that they wronged her father. The Starkadders... Continue Reading →
Vanity Google, Apologize, Unsolicited Advice
LP, Jamestown NY. It can be heard Tuesday through Friday just after 8 AM and 5 PM. The following are scripts which may not exactly match the aired version of the program. Mostly because the host may suddenly choose to add or subtract words at a moments notice. WRFA-LP is not responsible for any such... Continue Reading →
For All These Things
A year or so ago I started this series of posts. There's a very sound reason for why I wanted to do it. I wanted to put more focus on the wonderful things in my life. I'm a glass half full kind of personality. Oh hell, let's be honest. I'm the guy who will react... Continue Reading →
Movie Review – RED 2
RED 2 (2013) - The world's premier geriatric band of undercover specialists team up again to track down and neutralize a potential nuclear bomb. Let's face it, what makes this movie and its predecessor so much fun has very little to do with the plot. This is about the characters and some fun dialogue. Frank... Continue Reading →
Time to Get Real – Week of July 29
I'd love to say "Back in the Groove" but it's never that easy is it? LOL. I AM back to the weekly routine of checking in here at the blog. On the other hand the weight loss thing didn't go quite so well. It didn't go badly (no gain) but there was no weight LOSS... Continue Reading →
Cover of the Rolling Stone, Emmy Shift and Quality Journalism
"The View From the Phlipside" is a media commentary program airing on WRFA-LP, Jamestown NY. It can be heard Tuesday through Friday just after 8 AM and 5 PM. The following are scripts which may not exactly match the aired version of the program. Mostly because the host may suddenly choose to add or subtract... Continue Reading →