I didn’t used to think about death very often; I was fortunate growing up to not experience it close up-I didn’t go to a funeral until I was 21 so my experiences with death were essentially of two kinds: famous people I didn’t know…
I have a big head. When I say I have a big head, it’s in the purely physical sense. It’s not my ego or self-worth where anyone would refer to me as having a big head in the figurative sense (as far as I know, anyway). But my head is lar…
“Are you hungry? Would you like something subtly racist?” I never had a parent, or a waitress, for that matter, ask me that (Should I have said server? Apologies for the subtle, uh, sexism.). But looking back on how foods were marketed …
Not sure who the subjects of the first buddy story were. Adam and Eve? More like a romcom . Cain and Abel (kind of a rough ending, so no)? Hamilton and Burr (sort of)? Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Wyatt Erp and Doc Holiday, Laurel and Hardy, Batman…
We used to like surprises when we were kids. We wanted them. We needed them. Our surprises came in all shapes and forms. To call them surprises wasn't always accurate. We bought a box of Cracker Jacks knowing that there was a toy-and I use that te…
With summer in full swing, I thought this was a good time to reflect on all the summer camps I went to when I was a kid. OK, I'm done. Done, because reflecting on camps that I saw on television, in movies, heard in about in urban legends, etc., wa…
A couple of episodes back (Episode 61, to be exact) we devoted our time to talking about Jaws-the book (yes, there was one), the film (released some 50 years, or 50 summers, ago) its sequels (Jaws 2, Jaws 3-D, and Jaws: The Revenge-yes, sharks do ta…
So if you can read this you found not only the website but content you can't get anywhere else (that includes the podcast, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Jefferson Cleaners, Cunningham Hardware, the Regal Beagle, etc.) So what now? That's a really go…
