FOR THE HELL OF IT Vol.2 No.8

FOR THE HELL OF IT           VOL. 2      NO. 8 A Look Back at the News from May, Shall We? ABBOTTABAD…US Seals killed Osama Bin Laden in what will be remembered in this town as the day US Seals killed Osama Bin Laden.  Residents recalled the evening’s events in detail for 2nd rate reporters who are typically assigned by their editors to ferret out uninteresting back stories to interesting events already covered in detail by better reporters. “It was like any other night,” recalled Ahmed Al Abbadabbadoo, the neighbor nearest the Bin Laden compound some 8 blocks away…assuming that Abbottabad had blocks.   “We had tea. We picked sand out of our …

Talking With…Tavia Gilbert

Tavia Gilbert is an AudioFile Earphones Award winner, an Audie Award nominee, and a Parent’s Choice Award winner, and has performed over 100 full-length audiobook narrations. She makes her home in Portland, Maine, where she works on stage and behind the mic, producing, directing, and narrating audiobooks and full-cast recordings. She is currently pursuing an M.F.A. in creative nonfiction at the Vermont College of Fine Arts. You can find Tavia on line at  taviagilbert.com About Audio Books: AA/JP: How did you get started in audiobooks? TG: I’ve been so lucky. I took a couple of workshops in animation and another in audiobook narration taught by Pat Fraley and Hillary Huber, and soon …

FOR THE HELL OF IT Vol 2 No.7

FOR THE HELL OF IT            Vol. 2 Number 7 By Johnny Heller MORE NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD…..(actually this time it’s all here.) AIRPORT HAPPENINGS ….In New Orleans, a TSA gate security agent frisked a 6-year-old girl – actually patted her down – and the video of the event has gone viral on youtube.com and other sites that are whatever the hell “viral” is. The pat down leads to a number of troubling issues.  Is there a terrorist plot to use little girls as bomb carriers or as actual bombs?  Are “Hello Kitty” backpacks something to be suspicious of?  And, of course, who screens the TSA screeners?  Who gets to …

FOR THE HELL OF IT Vol.2 No.6

FOR THE HELL OF IT                                 VOL. 2  NO. 6 A LOOK AT THE NEWS On March 15th, it was reported that a “white powdery substance” was found at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.  Law enforcement officers tested the substance and it determined it to be cocaine. Cocaine? In Florida?  Really? Golly who would’ve thought there’d be cocaine so near Miami?  Or Disney World? Maybe there are plans to build a new exhibit called Cartels of the Caribbean. Officers weren’t sure at first what the substance was. “Well it sure looked like cocaine but it could have been talc or perhaps powdered sugar,” said Sgt. Wendell “Dude” Schmidlap, speaking …