Author Archives: Brian Alvey

My first thought when I saw TMZ headlines months ago next to the new AOL mail client was, “Why aren’t they showing any from our blogs?” Of course, headlines from Autoblog and Slashfood get a 0.5% click-through while a headline about Lindsey Lohan’s latest cocaine-related carjacking chase gets a 125% click-through, so I didn’t complain.Continue reading “Welcome. You’ve got gossip!”

Niki, the boys and I spent the last four days in Cape Cod and on the last day of our trip I completed The Cape Cod Triathlon. I’m not sure if that’s its official name, but in the morning we played miniature golf, then Niki and I hit the batting cages and after that IContinue reading “Triple play”

On Mother’s Day, I made a last-minute trip with my boys to get Niki some cards. We got a nice one from the two of them which basically said, “For Mother’s Day, we wanted to get you a gift certificate for the best dinner in town, but since it’s your special day, why should weContinue reading “With sweet love and devotion, deeply touching my emotion”

Tonight my oldest son was singing “woo hoo, wee hoo” over and over. I asked him who sings that song and before he could stop singing and answer me my youngest son who is not yet two answered, “Gwen?” Gwen Stefani. That is correct! It reminded me of when Jack first recognized a Foo Fighters song.Continue reading “It’s times like these you learn to live again”

Hy Zaret, who wrote the haunting lyrics for Unchained Melody died at age 99 this week. Unchained Melody was one of the most recorded songs of the last century. The version most of us knew was the Righteous Brothers one that had a resurgence in the movie Ghost. According to stories I read about the song, he was asked toContinue reading “Unchained Melody lyrics”

Last night Niki and I saw Rush at Jones Beach. We met up with Craig and his friends and family and we had a blast. I’ve seen the Canadian trio at least twice in the past, with Tommy Shaw opening for them once and King’s X another time. Last night there was no opening act,Continue reading “Catch the mist, catch the myth, catch the mystery, catch the drift”

We were driving along in our car and Jack said, “I wish there was a jump button in our car for if someone was going to hit us.” So do I, little man! One of Jack’s two betta fish is dying. He has swim bladder disease, basically a big air bubble in his body thatContinue reading “Things I heard from Jack”

I guess I didn’t quit AOL in time to be eligible to enter this mind-blowing Autoblog contest — and I even knew the contest was coming. To coincide with their redesign, Autoblog is giving away an all-new 2007 Dodge Nitro. It’s good news, bad news for me. The good news is that one of our blogsContinue reading “Want a $29,000 car for free from Autoblog?”

It’s not because they got rid of my old Autoblog logo and it’s not an April Fool’s joke involving Twitter this time. About a year ago an old friend of mine asked me if I wanted to be involved in a comic book publishing company with him. We discussed it off and on and I was hooked. After all I hadContinue reading “Why I am leaving AOL”