Every Friday in this blog I just let it flow. Whatever is on my mind, whatever is on your mind, whatever I just read, whatever I just heard...it's all fair game for Free Form Friday. So that means sometimes the items are thought provoking, sometimes interesting and fun, sometimes just the rantings of a full-blown wackaloon. Your contributions are always welcome. And encouraged. Send your thoughts to "rdefranco@wwnytv.net" or send a comment to this web page. Strap yourself in, it's time to let it flow...

Headline: "MAN JAILED AFTER CALLING 911 AND ASKING FOR SEX." He ought to be all set now.

I LOVE this mild weather! Usually this time of year when I'm out for my walk, I have more layers than an Italian wedding cake. But today, just a hoodie.

A sense of humor is a major defense against minor troubles--Mignon McLaughlin

Headline: "SPITZER TO GIVE ETHICS LECTURE AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY." With warm-up act Bernie Madoff.

IMHO, Thanksgiving is the second best holiday. There’s great food, family, football and no gifting. Of course the best holiday is Independence Day. There’s great food, family, baseball and no shivering.

“If I held you any closer I would be on the other side of you.”—Groucho Marx

I pulled out a few 70’s classics from my vinyl collection last night. My turntable still works! And so do the Stylistics. Soulful make-out music never gets old.

Our health insurance is going up 14% next year. When’s the last time you saw a 14% raise? Or even a 10% raise? And even though the cost keeps expanding our coverage shrinks every year. Pretty soon our health plan will be a big basket of apples on the boss’s desk with a sign that reads “Take One!”

‘Cause I’m livin’ on things that excite me
Be they pastries, or lobsters or love
I’m just tryin’ to get by bein’ quiet and shy
In a world full of pushin’ and shovin’—Jimmy Buffett

Interesting factoid: From the age of 70, humans gradually begin to shrink. In some places more than others.

Is there anything better than an international breakfast? French toast, Spanish omelet, Canadian bacon and Irish coffee.

Famous lover Giovanni Casanova once worked as a librarian. Maybe there was more to the Dewey Decimal system than we were told in school.

Note to newsmakers: "No comment" is a comment.

The very best part of Christmas for me: I can listen to Bing Crosby without being called an old fart.