you talkin' to me?

it came to my attention today that a slow but deliberate assault has been occurring in the city of new york, and if the victim dies i will be among the many responsible for this tragedy.

according to an article in the ny post, the famed new york accent is dying. that's right, the days of “sawww-sage” and “cawww-fee” and phrases like “yoo tawwwhkin’ ta me?” are slowly becoming a thing of only mobster movies. sure, to the delicate ears of folks from outside the five boroughs the accent may seem harsh and jarring – but to them, so are the people from new york. while most new yorkers aren’t violent people, there's a part deep down in all of us that secretly likes knowing that sometimes, just the sound of our accent can make people think we can call vinny and get them knocked off.

now, i admit that somewhere in the 1990’s, when i thought perhaps i would be an on-camera reporter, i made a conscious effort to lose my accent (because i knew “reportin’ live from the white howse” wouldn’t fly). while my career took a different path, i did successfully manage to neutralize much of my accent. that being said, my point, and i do have one…is that you may be able to take the new york accent out of the girl, but you can never take out the new york pride. so as we approach valentine’s day i'd like to send a big freakin’ wet kiss and a “how you doin’” to the city of new york. accent or not i've always got your back! what’s your point on this topic?

what's your point?

top stories in the news:

• toyota recalls
• former gov. sanford’s removal of “faithful” in his vows
• don’t ask, don’t tell
• controversial super bowl commercials
• palin’s campaign against the “r-word”
• health care
• china’s opposition to planned obama-dalai lama meeting

do you have something to say about these or other topics in the news?
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thinking outside the (pizza) box

at the 2010 people’s choice awards (where the winners are notified in advance) the show glee was honored with the award for best new tv comedy. while many award winners that night thanked their fans, glee went the extra mile and thanked them with pizza. that’s right, the cameras turned from the stage and toward the audience as 20+ "waiters" and "waitresses" marched down the aisles holding digiorno pizzas. here is a clip of the acceptance speech:



acceptance speeches with sponsors? really? my point, and i do have one...is that this is going too far!
what's your point?

if he walks like a playa, talks like a playa and says he's a play...chances are he's a playa!

remember south carolina gov. mark sanford? the guy who told his wife he was going for a hike on the appalachian trail, but instead secretly ran off to argentina to be his mistress?

well his wife jenny says that when they got married, he refused to include the promise to be faithful in his wedding vows. at the time of their wedding, she said she found his honesty about his fears of not being able to remain faithful “brave and sweet.” she chalked it up to his having cold feet.

my point, and i do have one...is that when your significant other straight up tells you that "faithful" is not something they can or choose to be, and you continue in the relationship with that knowledge, you shouldn't be shocked when they ultimately live up to their promise of infidelity. (and my money says that this argentinian woman wasn't the first for sanford, she was just the first one he was caught with.) when you go into a relationship thinking that you will change something about your partner, chances are the only thing you will change is your relationship status from "in a relationship" to "single." what's your point on this topic?