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"Snowicane!" Or, "Fear-Monger's Holiday."

Posted on 02/27/10 by Scott Sanfilippo No Comments

When I was just a wee little lad, I remember listening to the Harry West Show every morning on WARM-AM in Scranton, PA. Harry was a quirky little devil who got ratings despite his vaudevillian routine decades after vaudeville was declared dead. A staple of Harry’s morning show was AccuWeather Meteorologist Elliot Abrams. Based in [...]

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"Valentine's Day, 1977." Or, "Al Capone, St. Valentine & Mary MacGregor."

Posted on 02/14/10 by Scott Sanfilippo No Comments

Well, it’s finally arrived. One of the five Hallmark Holiday’s celebrated in the United States. The one day of the year where florists are delivering dozens and dozens of red roses to lovers all over the country. The day we pause and remember the seven members of Bugs Moran’s North Side gang who were gunned [...]

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"Trying to Squeeze 50 Pounds of $%!* in a 5lb Bag." Or, "Why WNEP2 Will Never Work."

Posted on 11/15/09 by Scott Sanfilippo No Comments

[gplayer href="http://www.scottsanfilippo.com/wp-content/audio/blog-wnep2.mp3" ] [/gplayer] There’s nothing I liked more as a kid than a “snow day.” Watching the weatherman on the 6pm talk about the big storm that was going to come overnight and blanket the area with a couple inches of the white fluffy stuff was exciting. But even more exciting was getting up [...]

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