NEWS HOOKS Boston Strong

By |2016-10-13T16:38:01-04:00April 20th, 2015|

How strong are you? Running a marathon will inform you quickly about your personal strength, especially if you're running the Boston marathon, still coping with the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bomber. I ran two marathons in 1999: Mayor's Midnight Sun Marathon Anchorage Marathon and Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon. I did both with Team in [...]

NEWS HOOKS Your Brain on Weed

By |2016-10-13T16:38:01-04:00April 16th, 2015|

Medical marijuana saved the life of Haleigh Cox after her parents moved her from Atlanta to Colorado. Weed is on the brain of many media. It's such a divisive topic. If you have medical, political or {{personal}} experience with the popular "mary jane" then now's your time to say "this is our brain on drugs." I reported [...]

NEWS HOOKS Pony Up

By |2015-04-14T10:50:33-04:00April 14th, 2015|

Did you see Google's Doodle to celebrate the 155th Anniversary of the Pony Express? ABC reports on it here. I played it -- and it was a lot of fun, actually! All communications, shipping and business professionals can tie-in to this historical news while pitching your favorite media friends. After high school and before college, I [...]

NEWS HOOKS All About Vaccines

By |2015-04-13T15:55:17-04:00April 13th, 2015|

I do not have polio, but I did get a polio vaccination. My father was in the military and our family pretty much got whatever vaccine the government required. Is that the case today? If you have experience with vaccines, either from a family's perspective or a medical professional's point-of-view, take note of polio's history [...]

NEWS HOOKS Fight The Power

By |2016-10-13T16:38:01-04:00April 9th, 2015|

Bang! Ronda Rousey fights Walmart; and looks like she's still undefeated including her books sales. I reported on Tuesday Walmart's refusal to carry Rousey's memoir. Yesterday, Fox Sports reports Ronda Rousey sends message to Walmart over the fact they won't display her book in stores due to her "violent occupation." Rousey then points out all the [...]

NEWS HOOK Go Fish

By |2016-10-13T16:38:01-04:00April 8th, 2015|

My mother flushed our sea monkeys down the toilet while my brother and I were at school. Could she be arrested? Evidently, some families have released goldfish to a Colorado lake and now we're all paying the price of such illegal activity. Yup, goldfish are taking over. If you are a naturalist or any type of [...]