CBS announced that May 20, 2015, will be David Letterman’s final show on the network.. This will be a milestone for the country. I really mean that. Letterman may not be really all that funny anymore, but he was once so cutting edge that he was sharper than new knives. He was inventive and ironic.. … Read more
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CBS announced that May 20, 2015, will be David Letterman’s final show on the network.. This will be a milestone for the country. I really mean that. Letterman may not be really all that funny anymore, but he was once so cutting edge that he was sharper than new knives. He was inventive and ironic.. … Read more
HE-MAN all these years later..
You may have seen this article before, or the concept of it: Toys that are made so much more valuable after many years because they were never opened from their original packages. In this case, 18 MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE toys worth hundreds of dollars each if they maintain themselves in their cardboard casings from the 1980s. … Read moreHE-MAN all these years later..
I am having some youthful flashbacks to my childhood in Centralia. The best images of the town as it was as I was growing up actually come from a mediocre movie called MADE IN USA. This is the town I was born and raised in.. and the ruins I grew up in.. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Dying 2-year-old son to be Pa. couple’s best man
Every now and then a story actually makes me tear up. This is one of them.. I could not imagine the prospects of losing a child, especially to leukemia.. The AP dispatch reports it this way: Two-year-old Logan is the son of Sean Stevenson and Christine Swidorsky, of Jeannette. The couple had planned to wed … Read moreDying 2-year-old son to be Pa. couple’s best man
If anyone is interested in getting me an early birthday present, here is a thought: Ice Cream Chews. I loved these candies as a kid, until one tragic event occurred when I was about 12 or 13: I ate so many of them in one night that I vomited everything inside of my body out onto myself … Read more
Looking at the calender, time appears to be fleeting. The seconds hands on the clocks fly around in a circular motion.. after all, summer time is about halfway through. Yes, it’s only July. And sure summer extends well into September, but by then kids are back in school and colleges campuses are less than sober. … Read more
Father’s Day, first edition
First off, it’s my hope that I will have plenty more Fathers Days ahead of my in life.. But it’s still surreal to think that here I am, in the year 2011, ten years after turning the immature and tender age of 21, and I have a child. A wife. A job.. Bills. Insurance payments. … Read moreFather’s Day, first edition
My strange and rambling thoughts on being a father in the 21st century
Someone who read this already said it was overly negative. But I present it as a hopeful series of thoughts.. It’s not a fun world, but as a parent, I’m trying .. and making my child’s life the best ever is now the central point of why I am here. Oh the perils of parenthood.. … Read moreMy strange and rambling thoughts on being a father in the 21st century
I’m such a a proud dad tonight.. my 3-month-old son did something I did when I was a kid.. Watched the horrendously bad movie SUPERFUZZ. I watched it with him.. we shared a moment. My wife wasn’t impressed.. but I get the sense he will be watching it again. Like father like son? My God, … Read more