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What’s Up With America?

A great publisher I worked with at Harper Collins, the great Joe Tessitore, told me shortly before his retirement that he considered me the “What’s Up With America? guy.” Along those lines, I thought I’d start a new series here at brucelittlefield.com called “What’s Up With America” and feature the things that seem to [...]

Decorating – Gingerbread Houses

When I was a kid growing up in South Carolina, I always insisted on making a gingerbread house as the centerpiece of our holiday table. Each year, I did my best to recreate the witch’s house in Hansel & Gretel and inevitably my brother would pick off some of my gumdrops, leaving a hole [...]

Bruce on CBS Early Show

One of my favorite holiday traditions: looking at Christmas lights! For my book, Merry Christmas, America! (on sale at Amazon) I toured the country and climbed up ladders with America’s best Clark Griswold’s to find out why they do what they do. I stopped by the CBS Early Show a few year’s back to [...]

Holidays – Gifting 101

I stopped by WGN-TV in Chicago to help host Steve Sanders with his holiday list. Check it out here. Three gifting DON’Ts: #1 DON’T give a fruitcake unless its a gag gift. #2. DON’T give anything that poops or pees. #3 DON’T just throw it in a gift bag. Three gifting DO’s: #1. [...]

Life 101 – Send a Ball

Congratulations to my pal Barbara Corcoran and the other rich sharks stars of ABC’s Shark Tank. They’re renewed for 17 new episodes. Have the next billion dollar idea? Get your idea on by going to casting here. Last season’s pitchers, Michele Kapustka sent me a ball in the mail. Literally, the postlady delivered it! [...]

Quick Fixes – Resolutions

Top 5 resolutions: Get in shape. Spend more time with friends and family. Stop smoking. Get out of debt. Enjoy life more. All that sounds good, but the quickest fix I know to living your best life is to allow yourself to be yourself. So in 2011, BE YOU! The rest will [...]

Life 101 – New beginnings

A new year awaits you. As you head into the first week of your year, watch this video of a bird hatching in a human hand. It is simply amazing. Though the universe is timeless, I think of the new year like a blank page — it is filled with opportunity. Whether or not [...]

Holidays – New Year’s Opossum Drop

What are YOU doing for New Year’s? Forget Snooki in a ball, especially now that it’s been moved to Jersey! Instead, how about ringing in the #NewYear with North Carolina’s infamous “Opossum Drop.” Yep, you’ve read correctly. In Brasstown, NC, (on the NC-TN-GA tri-state border) they drop an opossum at midnight*. (*Note: I’m told [...]

American Icons – RIP Rosie the Riveter

Geraldine Doyle, who was the inspiration for “Rosie the Riveter,” (J. Howard Miller’s iconic WW2-era poster “We Can Do It!”) passed away this Sunday in her hometown of Lansing, Michigan. She was 86. From the Lansing State Journal: “‘Rosie the Riveter’ is the image of an independent woman who is control of her own [...]

When I Grow Up – One Man Village People

In my continuing look at career paths I could have picked… I came across this: a one man Village People half time show! This star-studded performance is from The University of Connecticut Florida State game at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut, and you have to hand it to the guy, he’s clever. But [...]

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