http://blogs.mddailyrecord.com/ontherecord Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:11:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After today’s announcement that Baltimore officials want a downtown arena big enough accommodate a professional franchise, the next obvious question is: Who could fill that order, and can Baltimore really support an NBA or NHL team? It’s been 35 years since the Bullets headed down I-95 to play in the Washington ... http://blogs.mddailyrecord.com/ontherecord/2008/07/24/can-the-city-support-an-nba-or-nhl-team/ The Associated Press reports that a New Zealand judge thought the name of a little girl involved in a custody battle was beyond ridiculous — so he changed it. The name? “Talula Does the Hula from Hawaii.” Do you think the judge was rightly sparing the 9-year-old a lifetime of humiliation or ... http://blogs.mddailyrecord.com/ontherecord/2008/07/24/what%e2%80%99s-in-a-name/ If you’re an “I Love Lucy” fan you probably won’t want to miss Saturday’s second annual “Great Grapes! Stomp-Off” contest to be held at the International Great Grapes! Wine, Arts & Food Festival at Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds. The stomp-off is a qualifier for the Maryland Regional’s World Championship Grape Stomp, ... http://blogs.mddailyrecord.com/ontherecord/2008/07/24/a-foot-stompin-good-time/ If you are in Salt Lake City, you might want to think twice before asking your fellow driver a favor. According to this article in the Salt Lake City Tribune, a motorist was unhappy with another driver’s request. Apparently, the conversation went as follows: Driver 1: (rolling down his window) “Excuse me, sir, ... http://blogs.mddailyrecord.com/ontherecord/2008/07/24/do-you-have-any-grey-poupon/ A study on the changing newspaper industry released this week by the Project for Excellence in Journalism found that most papers today were cutting back significantly on not only the tangibles like staff and total pages, but that many were sacrificing international and national news for local and community news. The ... http://blogs.mddailyrecord.com/ontherecord/2008/07/23/living-with-less-international-news/ The lights are on today in the former home of the Court Towers Deli in Towson for the first time since the end of April. A cleaning crew has been inside all day scrubbing down the place, which has been undisturbed since it closed. The deli closing and a possible replacement ... http://blogs.mddailyrecord.com/ontherecord/2008/07/23/what%e2%80%99s-cooking-at-the-old-deli/ An airline has lost my luggage only once. It was a family trip — parents, sister and me — and mine was the only bag to slip into the ether. Stupid fates. I may have stumbled on a way to keep it from happening again. David Landsel, in a recent piece ... http://blogs.mddailyrecord.com/ontherecord/2008/07/23/send-your-bags-ahead/ After reading the Baltimore Sun article this morning about the City Council’s failure to pass a ban on plastic bags in grocery stores and retail chains, I had one question: Are those who want to replace plastic bags with paper barking up the wrong tree?  (Yes, that was an attempt ... http://blogs.mddailyrecord.com/ontherecord/2008/07/22/city-council-bags-ban-onbags/ The Washington Post led its business section today with a front-page story about the foreclosure crisis and how it affects gentrifying urban neighborhoods like Baltimore’s Reservoir Hill. The article centers on a debate in Congress over $4 billion in emergency aid to bail out homeowners such as those in the ... http://blogs.mddailyrecord.com/ontherecord/2008/07/22/reservoir-run-dry/ When do you think you’ll die? Will you be happy with the life you lived? These aren’t my questions. They’re from John E. Girouard, the president of Capital Asset Management Group in Bethesda. He’s also the author of "The Ten Truths of Wealth Creation." Apparently, part of Girouard’s retirement planning and financial services work ... http://blogs.mddailyrecord.com/ontherecord/2008/07/22/your-morbid-questions-of-the-day/