Here’s some photos of The Turf Club. While the gamblers weren’t really a problem (I was last here about 6 years ago and it’s so much nicer without all the cigarette smoke haze) the wait service was terrible and the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m so used to doing this, using the bathroom with the door open, that when I go to another house to visit family and friends, I have to remind myself to close the door. Also, I make sure to keep[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I think I’ve always had these thoughts, every time I see a dead insect in my home. I’m not talking about “inside” bugs, like cockroaches, but insects that live, eat, and survive outside. You know, like flies and bees that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It is kind of funny hearing all these snippets of conversations. It’s not as if I’m eavesdropping, I just happen to be jogging past them as they speak out loud. Catching a bit of these strangers lives. (and I haven’t[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When I came up with the idea for this comic depicting how much better it is to actually have a functioning chair I immediately thought of the “Happiness Is…” series of Peanuts books from the 1970’s. Of course there’ll be[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As I said, both Emma Stone and Steve Carell are very good here, portraying these famous, historic tennis pros. The comment on Howard Cosell appearance in the film references his inclusion thanks to CGI. They used his existing footage, announcing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
These days, I think I’ve become more frustrated about the reactions to these shootings then the actual tragic outcomes. Like most, I’m sure, when the powers that be in our legislature did NOTHING after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I was pretty happy to find out that I had, somehow, just unplugged this radio and that it still works. Oh, sure, I could have a new, more modern device to listen too when I occasionally want to hear news[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As a history fan and a fan of Ken Burns films, I’ve been looking forward to this, his 10 part feature of “The Vietnam War” and I was NOT disappointed! Back in the 1990’s when his “Civil War” series premiered,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As it turns out, yesterday’s experience with this studio chair was the last straw. If you’re new to this, this annoying chair is just under 3 years old (bought it brand new, in October of 2014), and for over a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…