In the New York Times obituaries  yesterday was this.  Ron Lundy for 32 years was a presence on New York city radio from 1965 to 1997. as a personality jock (never use the term DJ or disk jockey) on WABC 77 until their format changed from rock to talk and then on the… Read full post »

I tried not to write this post. But as each day of Olympic coverages passes, like the proverbial kidney stone, I can't let this post go unwritten.

There are three types of Olympics viewer, the fanatic who has been glued to the tube since the opening ceremonies, the casual observer, and the… Read full post »

It's been almost four months since I started commuting from Connecticut. I used to commute from Yonkers into New York on a different branch of Metro-North, the Hudson line. I wrote about that experience here.

This commute takes a little longer, about 79 minutes to go the 59 miles from… Read full post »

I married way too young the first time. I was emotionally immature and I thought I was in love. She chased after me. She was physically attractive, and she told me how much I meant to her. My low self esteem got pumped right up. She wouldn't stop calling me. I was… Read full post »

Other than Peyton Manning losing another big game, and the Saints win being the feel good story of the decade, there wasn't much else to like at Super Bowl 44 (Roman numerals are so first century).

The Who got wheeled in for the halftime show and in a fourteen minute performance demonstrated… Read full post »

Republicans and former Republicans have been calling for a change of venue for the terrorist trial in lower Manhattan, one of the sites of the September 11^th attacks.

Republican representative Peter King, and former Republican now independent Mayor Michael Bloomberg are calling the location fo… Read full post »

The New York Times reports that Christopher Dodd, senior U.S. Senator from Connecticut will likely not seek re-election and will retire after serving five terms.

As a new resident of Connecticut, I find this very good news. Dodd who allegedly got a sweetheart mortgage deal from the subprime lend… Read full post »

You may not need to be a die hard football fan to appreciate the career of one its most consistent players. Tedy Bruschi will retire after 13 seasons with the New England Patriots today.

So what you say? Bruschi actually played with the same team for his whole career. Rather than… Read full post »

Liberty Enlightening the World

For much of the past 35 years I've spent July 4th in a different part of the country. The summers in Maine seated on the grass of the old parade ground at Ft. Williams Park listening to Independence Pops, a music program produced by the Portland Symph… Read full post »

Here's the final installment of the one position I get to hire this year.

I invited five finalists back and each one had to present a training session on the same subject. While I thought all were equally matched after the first interview, this was an opportunity to have them deliver… Read full post »

For the backstory go here:

http://open.salon.com/blog/oesheepdog/2009/04/07/hiring_during_tough_times/comment

I promised an update. I wrapped up the first round of interviews with candidates today. Of the 11 I interviewed, I need to bring back five for a final review and select one.

All of… Read full post »

For those of you who haven't read the back story it's here:

http://open.salon.com/blog/oesheepdog/2009/04/10/i_turned_down_the_cia_the_story_of_my_interviews_part_i

and here:

http://open.salon.com/blog/oesheepdog/2009/04/13/i_turned_down_the_cia_my_interviews_part_ii/comment

Summer passes into fall.… Read full post »

Many of you have read about my past experiences as a private detective. In the early 80s I worked in industrial security at a construction project in New Hampshire where they were building as nuclear power plant.

One Sunday, in February of 1983 , I was reading the classifieds in… Read full post »

You might say I live a charmed life. I have a job in New York City, and I have an open position I need to fill. This has got to be an incredibly easy task. Like being the only male teen in an all girl high school and needing a date… Read full post »

Shayna is one special girl. Some say my relationship with her is sensual. Others feel my obsession with her is unnatural. Yet others would be shocked about the way I talk about her. She is my possession. My property. I keep her tied up at night, lest I fear she would… Read full post »

The solution is at the bottom of my updated post 

This is a follow up to the story I shared last week.

http://open.salon.com/blog/oesheepdog/2009/02/17/my_life_as_a_private_investigator

Back when society was trying to decide between Betamax and VHS, and vinyl LPs were still being sold, I worked… Read full post »

In the go-go 80s, there was Magnum, PI, Miami Vice, and Remington Steele. These shows had action, panache, flair, sex, fast cars, faster boats, and even faster women. Testosterone and estrogen flowed like the falls over the Niagra River. Oh, to be a PI in the 1980s. For two short years I… Read full post »

Imagine being eight years old and going to a movie theatre with a really big screen and a balcony and with your Dad. Amovie with an overture and an intermission,. Almost three full hours of laughter.

This movie, when it was made, had virtually every living comic performer from the 2oth… Read full post »

Every morning, Monday through Friday, I walk from my apartment to the 1904 Beaux-Arts restored building that is known as "Yonkers" on the Metro-North rail map. I stand on the platform waiting for a train to take me on a 25 minute ride to Grand Central Terminal. Most days I walk… Read full post »

I went to the University of New Hampshire and earned an MBA. I was required to take  a class on corporate governance and responsibility. Our professor had us watch 3 movies to help understand how the corporation and the CEO has evolved in society.

Some of my classmates, thought that watchi… Read full post »

You're not getting any younger, I was telling myself a more than three years ago . I have a keen grasp of the obvious. I'm single again, a bittersweet moment to be sure. It's time to meet someone "compatible",  whatever the hell that means, I think.

Immediately I ruled out meeting som… Read full post »

I have some good news and bad news. The good news is I get to keep my job after relocating to NYC less than 6 months ago. The bad news is I only had my 4 million dollar project cut by 85%. Fortunately, no jobs were lost by the cuts. I work for… Read full post »