Bob O’Leary

Like many people, I wonder what all the fuss is about Twitter. The only value I see is that it limits posts to 140 characters. But if the point is to let everyone know what I’m doing at the present moment, let me save you the trouble. Here’s my tweet: I’m typing on a computer. [...]

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I took off of work early Monday to see Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton speak in downtown Orlando. Since I already work downtown, it was just a matter of catching the free bus to the Orena. Of course, 50,000 people had the exact same idea. Despite arriving two and a half hours early, I had [...]

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I don’t know, but lately I have been playing a lot of songs about women who can’t give up their bad men. Here is one of the best of that genre, Lucinda Williams singing a fabulous blues song “Can’t Let Go.” YouTube DirektLucinda

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What does the clip above have to do with the recent problems at the Orlando Sentinel? Plenty when you think about it.Here is a routine first peformed on the vaudeville stage on YouTube, a media format unknown five years ago. I also have an audio of the routine on my Ipod. In between, it’s been [...]

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Inspired by the NCAA basketball tournament, The Consumerist has a way to decide the Worst Company in America. Based on nominations by its readers, the site put 64 of the most reviled and customer service challenged companies in a bracket. Right now, the tournament is completing its first round with News Corp, the parent company [...]

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Wednesday night has become my favorite night of television this winter. I start the night watching basketball, particularly if the Magic are on. Then after watching my macho sports, I do a 180-degree turn of the channel to Project Runway. To those who don’t know me, I bet your “gaydar” is picking up signals. Well, [...]

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Maybe this is not the worst sports column I have ever read. Heck, I even wrote some bad ones myself. But I was never this bad or ignorant. So-called Orlando Sentinel columnist Andrea Adelson shows her complete lack of college football knowledge when she suggests that Michigan try to hire Florida coach Urban Meyer. First, [...]

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Yes, circulation is down at most papers. Supposedly, the Internet and blogs are killing them off. Newspaper executives are panicking and laying off reporters and editors. Florida papers are suffering too. The Orlando Sentinel has cut back and forced many into retirement. Although the Sentinel’s circulation has risen for its Sunday paper, its daily figures [...]

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