My 1992-1994 culture gap: Two years without television, movies, or music
If you haven’t heard, Twin Peaks is returning to television. For me, it will be my first chance to watch the show. Though I was alive and well when the…
I was once a bank teller, waiting on Mark Wahlberg, writing sonnets, and battling my idiot manager.
Among the many jobs that I have had over the course of my life, I was once a teller at a bank for South Shore Bank in Randolph, Massachusetts, working…
The stuff of my wife’s childhood is alive and well in the hands of our children, and I’m so jealous.
I tease my wife’s parents for their inability to throw anything away. Their basement is filled with artifacts from decades long since gone. And while it’s true that they are…
A Christmas Story, brought to life through animatronics and a lot of love
On a recent trip to Indiana, I spent some time in Hammond, the hometown of Jean Shepherd, the writer and narrator of A Christmas Story. The person most responsible for…
One more thing to be thankful for on this Thanksgiving Day
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Canned, jellied cranberry sauce will not go the way of the dodo (or the Twinkie) if I have anything to say about it.
For the lovers of canned, jellied cranberry sauce, here’s some terrifying news: It would appear that this Thanksgiving Day staple is on the decline. When I went to the grocery…
18 reasons for me to be thankful on Thanksgiving 2014
1. My children, who are my greatest blessing in life. I find joy in everything that they do. Many people warned me about how difficult parenting would be. They were…
Cooler than his father ever was or will be
Part of me thinks, “That’s my boy. You go, kid.” The other part of me thinks, “What a jerk. Who the hell does he think he is?”
The MRI boutique: My next great business idea. Who wants to be my first investor?
New business idea: A shop where you can get an MRI scan at any time. I’ve written before about the frequency in which people seem to go to the…
The 8 lowest forms of human communication (2014 update)
In 2012, I proposed the four lowest forms of human communication. Today I update that list with four new items. If you’d like to suggest an addition to the list,…
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