Opinion

With the success of the 50 Shades of Grey trilogy, there’s talk of making the books into a movie.  So who should play the mysterious, sexy Mr. Grey?

Fans of the books are pushing for Matt Bomer to star as the infamous Christian Grey.  One fan even went so far as to create an Entertainment Weekly cover with Bomer as Grey.  Not a bad choice, but he’s not who I see when I read the book.

Here’s my top choices to play Mr Grey.  Do you agree?  Who do you see when you read Fifty Shades?

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When I was a younger lad, I had my fears of high school and my first day as a freshman.

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The two-and-a-half-month summer vacation that kids get was a mid-19th century compromise between rural school districts, which had children who needed to help out on the family farm, and urban districts, which often dealt with extreme heat in the summer.

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I'm getting out my soap box today and wondering aloud why it's so difficult for people to put stuff away.  Read on and see if you can relate to my "Trudy wants to know" article.

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It never fails, my kids wake up and the very FIRST thing on their minds, or rather the first three things they wanna do even while wiping the sleep from their eyes are video games, surfing on the computer or popping in a movie! We're supposed to say no to drugs but are these screens a drug too? After all it's the perfect babysitter, right?

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Tell me I'm not the only one who yawned just looking at this picture! In fact I've yawned several times just THINKING about writing this and even something as simple as typing or reading the word does it to me! Excuse me while I do it AGAIN... Why IS that?!?

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Ever notice that your car starts really breaking down a year or two before your lease is fulfilled, or how about the fact that your cellphone always seems to go haywire JUST after your warrantee is up and long before your contract runs out? I doubt it's just complete accident and one possible explanation is something called planned obsolescence...

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“Girl you know it's… girl you know it's… girl you know it's… girl you know it's…” Those words (when followed by ‘true’) spelled a Grammy and a handful of AMA’s for Milli Vanilli as they skyrocketed to the top, but no sooner did they hit their apex than those very words spelled their demise when they’re backing track skipped like crazy.

They weren’t the first to incorporate lip-syncing into their live performances and were definitely nowhere near the last, many losing their careers in the process.  So, why do it at all if it’s so risky?  Is it an ethical blunder or a classic example of expectation versus result?

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Many of us when breaking a dollar end up discarding our spare change into a jar at home and forgetting about it, or generously plunking it into the many charity drop-boxes including that iconic red Salvation Army kettle.  But out of all of the coins that have been circulating for centuries, is Benjamin Franklin's penny actually ready for retirement?

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As you may have heard, Kenny Loggins is going to be in Oswego tonight, headlining at the four-day festival affectionately known as Harbor Fest. Oswego is going to be filled with music, fireworks and all kinds of games and fun, but Kenny is making sure we don’t forget him, as the 64 year-old makes his way to the NRG Lakeview Stage Friday night at 9:15 p.m.

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Yes indeed that’s Bono singing in front of American flags, and he sounds perfectly Irish in an interview but when he sings, I’d pass him off for pure-blooded American!  Ever wondered why that is? And how come country singers have no problem at all singing with their accent? Hmmm….

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Last week, the Boy Scouts of America reaffirmed its longstanding policy of banning gays from being scouts or scout leaders.

Now a number of straight men who’ve received the group’s highest honor — the ranking of Eagle Scout — are returning their medals in protest.

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