Grand Text Auto (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
I’m honored to announce that Second Person is a finalist for the Diana Jones Award! Pat and I are very pleased to be in such great company, ranging from a major RPG (Grey Ranks) to an innovative festival (Come Out and Play), a worthy charity (Child’s Play), a popular podcast (Canon Puncture), and an [...]
Capitol confidential (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
State Inspector General Joseph Fisch is referring for criminal prosecution the case of Larry Ritter, an official at the state Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance, for allegedly running his own diversity consulting firm while on state time. Among his clients were several schools in the Capital Region. Ritter is married to Diana Jones Ritter, Commissioner [...]
Politics on the Hudson (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
... training ODTA’s 2,300 employees on sexual harassment and diversity issues. He is the husband of Diana Jones Ritter, commissioner of the state Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, who said she first learned of Diversity Solutions when her husband was subpoenaed by the Inspector General’s Office. For one training at the Christian Brothers Academy in Colonie,...
Used, but not abused (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
May issue of Maverick: Suzy Bogguss is our cover feature plus Wine, Women & Song Tour buddies Gretchen Petera and Matraca Berg, plus Martina McBride, Joe Ely, Beth Navaro, Laura Vecchione, Justin Rutledge, Eliza Gilkyson, Diana Jones; Henson Cargill obituary; Live Reviews of Belfast Songwriters Festival, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Peg Simone, Bone-Box, Dolly Parton, the Expatriate [...]
GameSetWatch (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Wow, even through the swirling mists of E3, we still have some GameSetLinks left over from the weekend, headed by an awesomely diverse Diana Jones award shortlist - which I hadn't heard of before, but spans board and transgaming somewhat effortlessly. Also in this set of links - the odd and neat homebrew Game Trivia Catechism (pictured - with Gremlin/Infogrames questions to peruse, blimey!),...
Capitol confidential (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
Former New York Daily News reporter Joe Mahoney is turning up with the Paterson administration, the governor’s staff confirmed today. He will join the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities next week in Commissioner Diana Jones Ritter’s public information office at $85,000 a year. The veteran journalist worked for more than eight years for the Daily News’ [...]
