2012-05-21T04:07:37Z http://blog.tompurcell.com/atom.aspx Quick Blogcast tag:blog.tompurcell.com,2011-10-31:f1720cbf-d8dc-4c1a-bf85-d3096a4a63a2 Tom Purcell 2011-10-31T19:37:55Z 2011-10-31T19:37:55Z <font style="font-size: 12px;"><img src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/116156-108436/hwcandy11.jpg?a=67" style="border: 0px solid;"><br><br>Remember going house to house stuffing your pillowcase full of candy? <br><br>That's <a href="http://blog.cagle.com/2011/10/the-way-halloween-should-be/" target="" class="">the way Halloween should be</a>! <br></font> tag:blog.tompurcell.com,2011-08-30:77787086-ec3b-472d-8f29-a43bf603edd7 Tom Purcell 2011-08-30T14:18:59Z 2011-08-30T14:18:59Z <font style="font-size: 12px;"><img src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/116156-108436/mr_mom_mid.jpg?a=36" style="border: 0px solid;"><br><br>Ladies, a "mancession" is on. Don't let it go to waste!<br><br><a href="http://blog.cagle.com/2011/08/mancession-opportunity/" target="" class="">Read more</a>.<br><br></font> tag:blog.tompurcell.com,2011-05-09:83ce38e8-f64f-4571-9231-6a3137ca228b Tom Purcell 2011-05-10T01:41:00Z 2011-05-10T01:41:00Z <img src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/116156-108436/prayer.jpg?a=88" style="border: 0px solid;"><br><br>National Day of Prayer just passed -- and I forgot to pray.<br><br>But there are some <a href="http://blog.cagle.com/2011/05/say-your-prayers/" target="" class="">good reasons to get better at prayer</a>.<br><br> tag:blog.tompurcell.com,2011-04-26:7181a85c-c273-4c9f-9bf7-2d88e6d41a86 Tom Purcell 2011-04-26T18:43:00Z 2011-04-26T18:43:00Z <img src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/116156-108436/RetirementLane.jpg?a=57" style="border: 0px solid; width: 550px; height: 460px;"><br><br>Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day should be expanded to include middle-aged people.<br><br><a href="http://blog.cagle.com/2011/04/take-your-middle-aged-kid-to-retirement-day/" target="" class="">Here's why</a>.<br> tag:blog.tompurcell.com,2011-03-28:dda7eb72-1856-49c7-aaf3-0a0484cdea22 Tom Purcell 2011-03-29T01:56:00Z 2011-03-29T01:56:00Z <img src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/116156-108436/ThurstonHowelliii.jpg?a=65" style="border: 0px solid;"><br><br>Read about it <a href="http://blog.cagle.com/2011/03/why-the-rich-dont-feel-rich/" target="" class="">here</a>.<br> tag:blog.tompurcell.com,2011-03-23:1dbdfc9a-c140-45b2-b478-9a253fa1cffd Tom Purcell 2011-03-24T01:54:00Z 2011-03-24T01:54:00Z <img src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/116156-108436/cowboy.jpg?a=14" style="border: 0px solid;" width="454" height="379"><br><br>Daggone if Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid ain't plum wrong about federal-funded cowboy poetry.<br><br>Read about it <a href="http://blog.cagle.com/2011/03/a-cowboy-poem/" target="" class="">here</a>.<br> tag:blog.tompurcell.com,2011-02-09:b81710f1-92a2-4c95-94af-c8a42a42090f Tom Purcell 2011-02-09T15:44:00Z 2011-02-09T15:44:00Z <img src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/116156-108436/cassidy1972REX0703400x515.jpg?a=86" style="border: 0px solid;"><br><br>In 1973, my sisters, regrettably, made me get my hair cut like David Cassidy.<br><br>Read about it <a href="http://www.caglecartoons.com/column.asp?columnID=%7B5C5F37D8-4149-4E41-933D-D8E26FDC99B1%7D" target="" class="">here</a> .<br> tag:blog.tompurcell.com,2011-01-25:620ff2a4-6428-4da6-867b-25e5d8b688be Tom Purcell 2011-01-25T21:22:00Z 2011-01-25T21:22:00Z <br><img src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/116156-108436/fish.jpg?a=84" style="border: 0px solid;"><br><br>Have metaphors ever driven anyone to actually shoot fish in a barrel?<br><br>Read about it <a href="http://www.caglecartoons.com/column.asp?columnID=%7B9CA5A33E-65A7-40D8-B17C-9269552DAAA0%7D" target="" class="">here</a> .<br> tag:blog.tompurcell.com,2010-12-20:25f89874-a43d-4f6f-bfab-5ba3905679a9 Tom Purcell 2010-12-20T15:39:00Z 2010-12-20T15:39:00Z <img src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/116156-108436/santa_claus_chimney.jpg?a=98" style="border: 0px solid;"><br><br>Christmas, 1972, was the first year when I no longer believed in Santa.<br><br><a href="http://www.caglecartoons.com/column.asp?columnID=%7B7C1B04AA-6CCD-4974-BB26-636A609DA4A2%7D" target="" class="">Here's why Christmas has got better every year since</a> ! <br><br><br> tag:blog.tompurcell.com,2010-10-25:9f98de6c-a182-43a3-a1f4-a1e21b01f9dd Tom Purcell 2010-10-25T21:48:00Z 2010-10-25T21:48:00Z <br /> <img alt="" height="311" width="399" style="border: 0px solid;" src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/116156-108436/hobo.jpg?a=88" /><br /> <br /> Dressing up for Halloween is no fun in a bad economy.<br /> <br /> Read about it <a href="http://www.caglecartoons.com/column.asp?columnID=%7BC06AE11F-B540-42DC-B465-2BB87A86BBC4%7D">here</a> . <br /> <br /> <br /> tag:blog.tompurcell.com,2010-10-16:cbb5faf5-7118-4d1a-962e-f92360fdd3d4 Tom Purcell 2010-10-16T17:35:00Z 2010-10-16T17:35:00Z <img alt="" style="border: 0px solid;" src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/116156-108436/beltway0107500.jpg?a=21" /><br /> <br /> What does Washington D.C.'s beltway have to do with the U.S. economy?<br /> <br /> Plenty, if only the policy makers who drive D.C.'s roadways would listen.<br /> <br /> Read about it <a href="http://www.caglecartoons.com/column.asp?columnID=%7BB16B0427-F620-4B30-B280-CFBA7CD4B6BE%7D">here</a> . tag:blog.tompurcell.com,2010-10-16:3b1195f9-be23-4ae4-9ea1-f26c31218707 Tom Purcell 2010-10-16T17:28:00Z 2010-10-16T17:28:00Z <img alt="" style="border: 0px solid;" src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/116156-108436/mom.jpg?a=39" /><br /> <br /> Above is a high school graduation photo of my dear sweet 70-something mother.<br /> <br /> She recently got a call from a phone-scam artist -- and beat him at his own game.<br /> <br /> Read about it <a href="http://www.caglecartoons.com/column.asp?columnID=%7BBCE35CDE-1475-40F0-A109-85437A4A7319%7D">here</a>.<br /> tag:blog.tompurcell.com,2010-10-16:5f165714-2c8d-430e-b1d0-30b630a56886 Tom Purcell 2010-10-16T17:21:00Z 2010-10-16T17:21:00Z <img alt="" style="border: 0px solid;" src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/116156-108436/americandream.jpg?a=37" /><br /> <br /> Is the American dream dead? <br /> <br /> Nope, it is alive and well -- just not for many native-born Americans.<br /> <br /> Read why <a href="http://www.caglecartoons.com/column.asp?columnID=%7B44EE4EE4-BB67-4579-A0D6-95B7DE1B340B%7D">here</a> . tag:blog.tompurcell.com,2010-10-16:5659c52a-64b9-4aaf-86a3-a37e3947aab6 Tom Purcell 2010-10-16T17:18:00Z 2010-10-16T17:18:00Z <img alt="" src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/116156-108436/droid.jpg?a=84" style="border: 0px solid;" /><br /> <br /> My new "cell phone" -- the Droid Incredible -- calls people on its own.<br /> <br /> Which is why <a href="http://www.caglecartoons.com/column.asp?columnID=%7B14C30154-29DE-4C63-AA61-F5D6FA8BCA6E%7D">we might want to be wary</a> of the the "technology aware." tag:blog.tompurcell.com,2010-08-23:22caebe2-9f2e-491c-b5f2-2a75fe04c210 Tom Purcell 2010-08-24T02:13:00Z 2010-08-24T02:13:00Z <img alt="" src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/116156-108436/bureaucracy1.jpg?a=56" style="border: 0px solid ;" /><br /> <br /> Did you know a bill is bouncing around Congress that would force the government to explain regulations to citizens in plain English?<br /> <br /> Read about it <a href="http://www.caglecartoons.com/column.asp?columnID=%7B962FE152-14A3-4F4A-9848-C8D5C8EF424D%7D">here</a>. tag:blog.tompurcell.com,2010-08-23:1e48535e-845e-4dbc-87b0-c82e7d9c8e5c Tom Purcell 2010-08-24T02:07:00Z 2010-08-24T02:07:00Z <img alt="" style="border: 0px solid ;" src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/116156-108436/electrician4.png?a=21" /><br /> <br /> The Washington Post reports on an interesting trend: More college-educated people are forsaking white-collar careers for blue-collar careers.<br /> <br /> Boy could we use more blue-collar horse sense about now.<br /> <br /> Read about it <a href="http://www.caglecartoons.com/column.asp?columnID=%7B91852F32-E52B-403B-8FFC-A3F40B12CA64%7D">here</a> . tag:blog.tompurcell.com,2010-06-23:614beb1e-3fa1-4456-adf3-dcb294246f18 Tom Purcell 2010-06-23T14:22:00Z 2010-06-23T14:22:00Z <img alt="" height="359" width="515" src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/116156-108436/Father.jpg?a=37" style="border: 0px solid ;" /><br /> My father was right -- though it took me a while to realize it.<br /> <br /> Read about it <a href="http://www.caglecartoons.com/column.asp?columnID=%7B972A3002-B4A6-4F4F-97F5-FA41064AB968%7D">here</a> . tag:blog.tompurcell.com,2010-05-30:2592f098-20b7-4d3e-8219-428560621cf5 Tom Purcell 2010-05-30T22:46:00Z 2010-05-30T22:46:00Z <div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/116156-108436/kdkaamlogo2251.jpg?a=25" style="border: 0px solid ;" /><br /> </div> <br /> I joined KDKA Host Dimitri Vassilaros to Discuss "<a href="http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/lifestyles/columnists/s_678837.html">Rollicking Recollections of a '60s &amp; '70s Kidhood</a>,"&nbsp; my serial feature in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.<br /> <br /> KDKA's 50,000 watts broadcasts into 38 states. <br /> <br /> Listen to the hour-long discussion <a href="http://kdka.cbslocal.com/2010/05/29/growing-up-in-the-60s-and-70s/">here</a>. tag:blog.tompurcell.com,2010-05-23:289aa53a-970b-4fda-ab1e-9c3146f0d8ca Tom Purcell 2010-05-23T14:47:00Z 2010-05-23T14:47:00Z <img alt="" style="border: 0px solid ;" src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/116156-108436/Stereo.JPG?a=20" /><br /> <br /> It sat in my parents' dining room for 20 years or more: an old oak stereo console with large speakers concealed by green fabric -- similar to the photo above. <br /> <br /> Nobody in my family knows when we got rid of it, but thoughts of the old music box fill me with tremendous nostalgia.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/lifestyles/columnists/s_678837.html"><span>See an excerpt </span> </a> on our old console in my upcoming book, "Rollicking Recollections of a '60s and '70s Kidhood!"<br /> <br /> And let me know what you think at Tom@TomPurcell.com. tag:blog.tompurcell.com,2010-05-17:5c6397a2-0a36-4bf6-ad93-571cfe96e1b7 Tom Purcell 2010-05-17T19:11:00Z 2010-05-17T19:11:00Z <img alt="" style="border: 0px solid ;" src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/116156-108436/manvsfood.jpg?a=22" /><br /> <br /> May shouldn't be "National Hamburger Month."<br /> <br /> It&nbsp; should be "Ban the Burger Month."<br /> <br /> Read why <a href="http://www.caglecartoons.com/column.asp?columnID=%7B487034D8-B36F-4437-B957-4B83C2B3BF09%7D">here</a> .