Category Archives: Personal

I’m Profiled In The Jewish Journal

Click here to read Brad A. Greenberg’s article: He lives in a guesthouse occupying half a converted garage. In a narrow room smaller than a college dorm, a few blankets — Ford’s bed — lay on the ground between his … Continue reading

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I’m Getting Profiled In Thursday’s Jewish Journal

Aug. 2, 2007 cover story. By Brad A. Greenberg. I spent about six hours with him last Thursday, posed for some pictures Friday for the Journal’s French gal photographer, and today the Journal’s web guy is coming over to shoot … Continue reading

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I Need A Model To Feed Me Grapes And Wipe My Furrowed Brow

I’ve got a video camera coming over Tuesday afternoon to make a short on my glamorous world of blogging and I want some eye candy to liven things up. I wish I knew some attractive women. Instead all the chicks … Continue reading

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Remembering Bill Walsh

I covered Bill Walsh and the San Francisco 49ers from 1985-1987 for KAHI/KHYL radio. I was 19-21 yo. Bill was always calm and cerebral. He never lost his temper. He didn’t try to be popular. We journalists were a necessary … Continue reading

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Desperate

One of the qualities women find most attractive about me is my desperation. I’m so desperate these days to find a woman that I am replying to spam… Or it this not spam? I got it through one of my … Continue reading

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Reporting Shades Of Truth

From LATimes.com: How should media organizations deal with assertions by public figures that they know or strongly suspect to be deceptive? All this week, blogger Luke Ford and KTLA reporter Eric Spillman debate ethics, credibility and high-profile snafus in the … Continue reading

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Blogging Fever

A good way of gauging my mood is to check my blog. Many of my entries are written from a feeling of invulnerability. You can tell I’m not feeling accountable to the rules of decent behavior. Most of my entries … Continue reading

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Who makes news that’s fit to print?

I write for the Los Angeles Times Dust-Up: Dear Eric, I want to make a difference. I want to give my readers something they can’t get elsewhere. As a blogger with no love, no life and no money, I must … Continue reading

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Time To Invest

Chaim Amalek writes: "Be a man and dare to accept the fame that is your due." Khunrum emails: "People know your dirty little secrets. Relax. Enjoy the celebrity. Fame is fleeting." Bob emails: "In this era there is little distinction … Continue reading

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My Deepest Darkest Fantasy Is That I Want To Be President Of The United States

When I was a kid, I loved to read about heroes such as King David, George Washington and Winston Churchill. I loved history, particularly Old Testament, British and American history. When I found out in 1977 that we were moving … Continue reading

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