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Things were different when I was a kid. Have I now reached the age at which I can begin remarks with “when I was a kid…”? And sometimes I get confused about which holidays of my youth really are still … Continue reading
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I think it happened. Not only have I discovered perpetual fall, I may have brought about, perhaps, the greatest weekend of all time. You’re welcome.
Seventy degrees in the forecast today. Sun. Leaves falling gently to the ground. Cool evenings. Good sleeping weather. Sweater weather. Is there a way we can travel the world and experience perpetual fall, like an autumnal version of The Endless … Continue reading
I first heard this joke in 2000. It’s worth repeating now. Let’s hope to God today is not the day aliens come to Planet Earth. Imagine an alien popping out of his spaceship. Naturally he says “Take me to your … Continue reading
People win the lottery every day. Something like 1,000 people a year are struck by lightning. Remember when the Chicago Cubs won the World Series? Things to keep in mind as we approach this Election Day. Anything can happen. … Continue reading
My sources tell me that McDonald’s this week has added new items to its breakfast bakery menu, its first additions in nearly a decade. Blueberry muffin, apple fritter, and cinnamon roll. Wow. Took ’em 10 years to come up with … Continue reading
I’m not sure whether you heard it here first but you definitely heard it here on October 7. And last night the Los Angeles Dodgers completed the L.A. championship double, a Lakers-Dodgers combo not seen since, well, the last time the Dodgers won … Continue reading
That play. Good God, that play. Saturday night (actually early Sunday morning), bottom of the ninth inning, Game Four of the World Series. What was that? In a word? It was amazing. I made my son watch it 15 times when … Continue reading
Weird with no baseball last night, right? I kinda liked the no-days-off schedule from the LCS that all-games-played-in-a-single-ballpark permitted. I wish MLB had continued it for the World Series. And, of course, I hope they never have to actually do … Continue reading
On this day in 1928, one Edward Charles Ford was born in New York City. You know him better as Whitey, and he passed away two weeks ago just shy of his 92nd birthday. (Read here for more.) When I … Continue reading