Robert Glen Fogarty

I may have gotten this in response to my post about sleep apnea and CPAP machines, but since I don’t fit the demographic, I figured I’d pass it along:
We have recently been contacted by a national magazine looking for a testimonial from a woman who has overcome sleep apnea and undergone significant weight loss as [...]

Contrary to what the news has been reporting today, Irish folk legend Tommy Makem will live forever!

A little short on time since I’m off to go see snazzy local outfit Craic Haus at Clancy’s in Long Beach in a few minutes, but I figured I’d share some links I’ve happened upon today since Chris has had me playing with del.icio.us for sinister Lockergnome purposes.
Today, you get space aliens and their ilk. You’re [...]

In Southern California, we pay for our excessive share of fine weather with any number of potential disasters just waiting to happen: earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, flash floods, drought, and — as witnessed twice in just over a month in the Hollywood area alone — FIRES! FIRES!
Sure, there’s not much we can do to prevent something [...]

Chicagolandian Michael Xavier Vinikour (hereafter referred to as MXV) has been collecting records, going to various underground (i.e. punk rock, industrial, noisecore, and whatever other musical labels the kids are dreaming up these days) shows, watching B movies, and writing about these passions for over two decades now. He ran a fanzine by the name [...]

Colony Collapse Disorder is the name scientists have given to the sudden and mysterious decimation of bee populations worldwide, and some given the task to seek an explanation for this dire situation have pointed the possible finger of blame to the global explosion of cell phone use over the last decade.
I wrote about this phenomenon [...]

Ask any astronaut: You can see some pretty bizarre things from space. UFOs, sunspots, and Texas (sorry, Mitch!), to name a few. Here’s an anomalous image that can be spotted from Google Maps when looking down on a certain place in The Netherlands.
“What is it? It could be a glass building, or some other type [...]

Tomorrow’s St. Patrick’s Day, and it is anticipated that the Scribblepinch crew will be out and about, seeing what Long Beach, California has to offer such scoundrels on this annual occasion. St. Patrick never banished any wildlife from this part of the world! I’m pretty sure none of us are Catholic, and a few of [...]

Hah! I’ve always been tempted to make a Gnome character in World of Warcraft named Lockergnome, but it appears people on seven different servers have beat me to it!
I’ve been playing with the new Armory character/guild profile search beta that Blizzard’s just implemented.
Now I wonder who these folks are! None of them exist on any [...]

Sure, we’ve all said things we’ve later (or even immediately) regretted. Luckily for most of us, there’s not usually someone standing by to record these little gems for an eternity of shame and ridicule.
But celebrities live a different life, and for some reason, people pay attention to what they say. Things like:
“I make Jessica Simpson [...]

I enjoy many varieties of Scotch whisky, and I usually jump at the opportunity to try one that’s new to me.
That being said, Scots Gaelic, not being my native tongue, makes it a real challenge when I go to a bar and try to communicate an unfamiliar brand to the barkeep without resorting to pantomimes, [...]

Does your snoring make others want to kill you? It may have already started the job!
I laughed when my friend told me his dad had just had surgery to stop him from snoring - I thought he was joking! This was many years ago, and long before I’d heard about the dangers of obstructive sleep [...]

Welcome to the first of what we here at Scribblepinch World Headquarters aim to make a weekly Friday feature: A Pinch of Music!
Music touches nerves and pushes buttons. People passionately defend or deny their musical tastes and scrutinize such tastes in others with fanatical fervor. As with any art form, music can move and motivate [...]

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