Archive for April, 2009
The End of a Teaching Year
I want to step out of character for a moment and, essentially, step in character. The professional hats I wear are radio talk host, freelance writer and theatre instructor. It’s that last one that gets attention today. Although I rarely talk about it here, most people who know me understand one of my great passions in [...]
Eye on Monday: Sneak-a-Peek Cell Phone Technique (video)
I was speaking with a friend the other day about people and their cell phones. Namely, how folks can be in mid-sentence with you, stop abruptly, check their cell for a new text message and then continue talking as if nothing happened. Or, worse, they’ll actually interrupt you to read a text, then send a reply [...]
My Letter to Oprah
Dear Oprah, So, how are things? Anything new in your life? I haven’t heard from you since . . . well, ever. I email. Nothing. I contact Gail. Nothing. I send you Greek pastries. Nothing. I Tweet to @Oprah. Nothing. But listen, I don’t want to keep you too long. You’re busy. Just one thing [...]
Eye on Monday: Greek Easter Can Be Dangerous (video)
As any of you who come to Blog Harbor on a regular basis know, I’m Greek. Greek, as in Greek Orthodox. And while I always celebrate Easter on it’s traditional day, Orthodox Easter follows the Julian Calendar which means, more often than not, Greek Easter is after Passover. So, two Easter dinners. Greek People: It’s [...]
The Batting Cage
As spring is settling in here in Minnesota, summer is in the on-deck circle. And with summer around the corner, this means many things to different people: Going to the beach house at the Jersey Shore every weekend, heading up to the Maine coast, traveling “up north to the cabin” here in our state and [...]
Eye on Monday: The Hunt for the Egg (video)
This site has been offering columns worthy of the Pulitzer Prize in Commentary since November 11, 2oo7. That’s 11-11 in the event you’re scoring at home. Most recently, audio satires arrived in the form of The Farmland Almanac with Harrison Beillor and the Gabriel Theatre on the Air. Today brings a new day for both this website and Eye [...]
The Three Minnesota Driving Styles Direct from Hades
Christopher Gabriel, CGabriel.com I often think it’s me, this uncanny ability I possess that allows me to drive directly behind, or in front of, The Driver Spawned From the Depths of Hades. And for those of you not up on your Greek mythology, Hades was the God of the Underworld, which also went by the same name. Not [...]
The Krispy Kreme Dilemma
I’ve been having doughnut issues lately. In particular, Krispy Kreme doughnut issues. I’ve been dreaming about them, daydreaming about them, openly discussing them with complete strangers, drawing pictures of them and plotting out the driving distance to the nearest Krispy Kreme from Minneapolis. You see it wasn’t that long ago I only had to travel six miles to grab [...]
Eye on Monday: Baseball 2009
Baseball is back. From Fenway Park and new Yankee Stadium on the east coast to Safeco Field and PETCO Park on the west coast, the scent of brats, dogs, barbecue and beer begins filling stadiums in earnest today. Some of my fondest memories growing up were the many nights I spent with my family in [...]
Blog Harbor Awarded Nobel Prize
STOCKHOLM (AP) — It was announced today that Minneapolis-based Blog Harbor has been awarded a Nobel Prize in Literature. In an official statement from Gerhardt Lindstrom, the new acting Secretary of the Swedish Academy, he noted “Blog Harbor has brought a refreshing change in the way we view this new form of literature known as [...]
