Bob McCarty Writes

I’m not a gambler, but I’m willing to wager that you’ll like the news I uncovered about Paddy Power, an Irish bookie who’s offering betting lines on a number of items related to the Democratic National Convention nomination acceptance speech Barack Obama will deliver Thursday night at Invesco Field in Denver.
Which pithy saying will Obama [...]

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Yesterday, I published a post about Hardee’s® latest foray into high-calorie fast-food fare. In discussing the fast-food chain’s penchant for creating controversy, however, I declined to mention the company’s 2006 television spot featuring Paris Hilton (at right). I mention that ad today for reasons other than the potential traffic bump the socialite’s name [...]

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When people ask me what I do for a living, I tell them I’m a blogger and online entrepreneur. While most seem to understand the “online entrepreneur” part, few actually hear those words as they’re still processing the word, “blogger.” That in mind, I thought it might help them — and you if [...]

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Thanks go out to all loyal Bob McCarty Writes readers, blogger friends and members of the news media who’ve helped this blog surpass the 100,000-page views threshold minutes ago — a full three weeks ahead of its one-year anniversary!
Here’s a recap of some of this blog’s most-popular posts:

My Father’s War Stories from World War II– [...]

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The Chicago Sun-Times finally published a name correction and added a link to this blog in Bill Stamets’ article, Celebs venture out for eco causes, published Friday and still visible on the newspaper’s web site.
If you reached this page by clicking on the link in the article, click here or on the graphic shown at [...]

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