GAIL GLADSTONE RANTS

It started with a car trip upstate, stuck in traffic, listening to CBS-FM 101.1. It was a radio contest and you had to be the 11th caller to identify who wrote all of the music to the soon to open Broadway rendition of the movie, Saturday Night Fever.  My husband, Michael, provided the answer, th...

Have you lost sight of The Big Picture? Has every little detail, every little brush stroke, taken on such importance and worry that you no longer remember what it was you set out to create?Here's some news for you - it's going to be okay, even if today's troubles seem overwhelming and insurmounta...

A girl asks her boyfriend to come over Friday night tomeet, and have dinner with her parents. Since this is sucha big event, the girl announces to her boyfriend thatafter dinner, she would like to go out and make lovefor the first time.The boy is ecstatic, but he has never had sexbefore, so he ta...

The phone rang and the lady of the house answered, 'Hello.''Mrs. Ward, please.''Speaking.''Mrs. Ward, this is the nurse at the Medical Testing Laboratory. When your doctor sent your husband's biopsy to the lab yesterday, a biopsy from another Mr. Ward arrived as well, and we are now uncertain whi...

A man wonders if having sex on  the Sabbath is a sin because he is not sure if sex is work or play.  So he goes to a Priest and asks for his opinion on this question.After consulting the Bible, the Priest says, "My son, after an exhaustive search, I am positive that sex is work and is  therefore ...

A priest, a  Pentecostal preacher, and a rabbi allserved as chaplains to thestudents of  Northern Michigan University inMarquette . They would gettogether two or three times a week  for coffee andto talk shop.One day, someone made the comment that  preaching topeople isn't really allthat hard. A ...

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I am sure you are well aware of the horrific wildfires that have devastated parts of Southern California over the past week. The news reports indicate that at least 14 wildfires have destroyed about 1,500 homes and burned 650 square miles from north of Los Angeles to southeast of San Diego. Over ...

DO YOURSELF A FAVOR.  SMILE OR EVEN LAUGH AT YESTERDAY'S STORIES ABOUT THE SEPTEMBER NUMBERS ON EXISTING HOME SALES.  A MONTH FROM NOW THEY WON'T EVEN BE REMEMBERED.  AND TWO MONTHS FROM NOW PEOPLE WHO RUN ACROSS THESE REPORTS WILL SHAKE THEIR HEADS AND ASK:  "HOW COULD WE HAVE LET THE FEAR-MONGE...

I have been in contact with a friend who is evacuated from their home in San Diego (Rancho Bernardo).  I asked him how Realtors all over the US could assist the folks who are suffering there.  Here is his response.Find short term housing for those who lost homes. There are lots of home owners wit...