Anyone else think “the start of the baseball” season is beginning to feel a little like Lucy holding the football for Charlie Brown? (If I could draw this is where I’d place a picture of Lucy bent down holding a … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2020
It started with The Last Dance. Then it was Fuller House. Yes, the time is now for a full-on ’90s revival. Think about it. Society has only about 30 years worth of material. About one generation, right? In the ’80s we had … Continue reading
Those who take time to measure such things tell me today is the last day of spring. I say good riddance. Spring 2020 was probably the worst season I’d ever experienced (through no fault of my own I might add), … Continue reading
Summer vacation feels a little bit different this year. Not as good, in a phrase, as the usual benefits of summer remain off limits ’round these parts. I’ll be honest, too, with the way the schoolyear was cut short I … Continue reading
My whole life (so far) I’ve read travelogues and vacation guidebooks in a sort of Walter Mitty fashion, having no intention of actually undertaking any of the journeys described. I’ve always felt kind of guilty about that. Not anymore of … Continue reading
Last night I watched Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. For like the 20th time. Unlike most people in the world (so it seems), I like the movie, and don’t understand why it’s received so much hate over … Continue reading
It’s the last day of school, ’round these parts, but as we know learning never really stops. Case in point, the NBA this week announced that the league would be “using winning percentage” to determine who would qualify for this … Continue reading
Yesterday I turned 38. An age that once sounded “old” to me. Not anymore. Like all things these days, the celebration that occurred to mark such was not exactly as I had anticipated, or planned in those heady times known … Continue reading
Politics, pandemics, protests… yes, yes, it’s all terribly concerning. So I’m about to give up on looking at the stories of the day when I see it… could it be? The return of the NBA? In Disney World no less. … Continue reading
Three words: Full… ler… house. Had to jump on that last night of course. After all, my students will be quizzing me on it. Been watchin’ that show since before you were born, kids. Back when TV seasons followed the … Continue reading