These days, with everything going on in the world, and little of it good, it’s refreshing to hear, well, anything that isn’t about coronavirus, the Apocalypse, or both. Tom Brady going to the Buccaneers? I don’t care whether it’s true … Continue reading
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Back to work today (well, remotely). I guess all good things must come to an end. Let’s hope the bad things come to an end soon too, eh?
For the past 30 years on this date I have purchased a copy of USA Today to check out its “March Madness” preview. Sometimes it would be the only newspaper I purchased the whole year. (And yes, in recent years … Continue reading
Most of what I post on this blog is straight fluff, amusing I hope, but in the broader scheme of things, barely worth the paper it’s not written on. Coronavirus, however… that’s some serious words you can’t say in church. … Continue reading
Canceling major conferences, assemblies, and sporting events for fear of the coronavirus outbreak is one thing, but when they get rid of… studio audiences for Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!? Whoa. These are the smart people, right? Makes you think. … Continue reading
This past Saturday was National Cereal Day. (Every day around my house is National Cereal Day.) To celebrate, our friends at CNN rank-ordered some of our favorite childhood breakfast cereals according to sugar content, following criteria established by the government’s … Continue reading
The America East Conference Tournament begins tomorrow, and for the second time in three years does not include my Binghamton Bearcats. There are nine teams in the league, and only the top eight make the postseason tournament. Only eight out … Continue reading
And then there are the weeks where you don’t win at trivia and you’ve actually got to pay for your drinks. Ew.
March 2 is not a happy anniversary for me. It was this day, 14 years ago, that I lost my best friend for all eternity, Joe Sullivan, in an automobile accident. He was 23. Neil Peart has said that time … Continue reading
Tonight my kid’s school is having a fundraiser at our local Chuck E. Cheese’s. I’ve been going to Chuck E. Cheese’s for over 30 years, and I still think it’s one of the most fun places on Earth. (The “E” … Continue reading