Category Archives: RIP

10 Years. Never Forget 9/11.

Tweet 10 years ago this morning, around 8:50am, I was bringing the daily commercial logs into the 102.3 WBAB studio and saw the first tower on fire on the TV. They thought it was a small plane that just had an unfortunate accident. I stayed in the studio watching the tower with smoke billowing out…

Independence Day 2011: One Year Without My Mom

Tweet July 4th was always my Mom’s favorite holiday. I have childhood memories of sparklers and BBQ’s and summertime fun every 4th of July. Last year was the first year I didn’t see her on her favorite day.  She and my Dad had moved across the country to Southern California in September 2009, after years…

Goodbye Mom, I Love You.

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Tweet It’s been over a month since I last wrote on this blog. I just didn’t know what to write. A month ago today, July 5th, my Mom, Kathi Kopprasch, passed away suddenly from a massive heart attack. She was 58. She was always so full of life, even having a 4th of July party…

Lucky Cat Tattoos: MAJOR #fail. Twice.

Tweet For those of you that have followed my blog for a while might remember in March when I went to get a tattoo on my wrist as a tribute to Harry.  I had “designed” it myself, although it was quite simple:  a big bold “lmL” with the words “Forever in my heart 8.11.76-1.22.09″ underneath…

RIP DJ AM

Tweet According to the NY Post and TMZ, Adam Goldstein, aka DJ AM, was found dead in his apartment in NYC today. Police found drug paraphernalia and prescription pill bottles near his body.  He was an extremely talented DJ, spinning records at endless Hollywood clubs and parties.  In his younger years he romanced Mandy Moore and was…

Hey VH1, Megan Wants A Millionaire, Not a Murderer!

Tweet According to TMZ.com, “Megan Wants a Millionaire” Canadian contestant Ryan Jenkins is a “person of interest” in the murder of his wife, Playboy model Jasmine Flore.  If you watch the show, he’s the one that whispered “You are gonna love Canadian bacon” to Megan upon meeting her.  This isn’t Jenkins’ first run-in with the…

Wordless Wednesday: A Year Later

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Ode to John Hughes

Tweet News was just released that John Hughes, writer, director and producer of such films as “The Breakfast Club”, “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” and “Sixteen Candles” died today of a heart attack.  His publicisist confirmed that he was in Manhattan visiting family and died during a morning walk. Being a child of the 80′s, I…

'Tis a sad day in Hollywood. RIP Farrah and MJ.

Tweet It’s been almost 2 weeks since my last blog post and I’ve been itching to get on here, but I have been having major WordPress issues.  If you are reading this, hopefully, that means they problems have gone away.  For any WordPress gurus out there, these are the issues I am still having: Pics…

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