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November 15, 2019

Thanks-giv-A?

Humor, Life Chick-fil-a, chicken, cranberry, dinner, dressing, fried, holiday, nugget, pilgrim, potato, roast, stuffing, Thanksgiving, turkey 12 Comments J P
November 8, 2019

Claude Thornhill Plays Robbins’ Nest – Cool Jazz In Gestation

Jazz, music 1947, 1948, big band, Claude, Columbia, Evans, Gil, jazz, Konitz, Lee, music, Robbins' Nest, Robin's Nest, Snowfall, Thornhill 17 Comments J P
November 1, 2019

Slouching Into Pop Culture Obsolescence

Life Baby, Barney Fife, boomer, Burma Shave, Cal, Calvin, Clampet, Coming to take me away, Coolidge, culture, Dagmar, generation, Gilligan, ginger, Granny, greatest, Here Comes The Judge, Jed, Jethro, Mary Ann, milennial, millenial, millennial, Napoleon XIV, Pigmeat, pop, reference, silent 25 Comments J P
October 25, 2019

A New Toy – Why Is This A Thing?

Humor, Life boy, child, Claw, Combat, fresh, girl, Godzilla, improved, kid, Marx, Mattel, new, power, Shifters, toy 26 Comments J P

I was reading something over at the Curbside Classic site the other day and saw a post about a classic kids’ toy from the 1970’s.  It was a “Power Shifter Quick Change Machine” – a toy car that was a Chevy Blazer and a dragster all in one.  OK, perhaps “classic” is not the best…

October 18, 2019

Musings On Life After College, Daughters And Coffee Tables

Life apartment, coffee, college, daughter, finish, moving, random, re, restore, stain, table, varnish, wood 17 Comments J P
October 11, 2019

Blogging Success: You’ve Got Spam!

Humor, Life blog, blogging, comment, filter, junk, mail, spam 19 Comments J P
October 4, 2019

Duke Ellington – Main Stem

Jazz 1942, 1944, band, Ben, big, Duke, Edward, Ellington, Hodges, jazz, Johnny, Main Stem, music, Orchestra, Rex, Stewart, swing, Victor, Webster 7 Comments J P
September 27, 2019

Offering A Toast To Pop-Tarts

Humor amazing, cardboard, filling, frosted, frosting, fruit, Kellogg, pastry, Pop Tart, toaster 26 Comments J P
September 20, 2019

Two Graves

Life Arthur, cemetery, Chevrolet, Dillinger, gangster, Gaston, grave, history, Indiana, Indianapolis, John, Louis, marker, monument, racer, stone 20 Comments J P
September 13, 2019

Quitting The Newspaper: A Step By Step Guide

Humor, Life 800, broadsheet, cancel, carrier, cuatomer, deliver, delivery, Indianapolis, Journal, news, newsboy, paper, quit, service, Star, Street, Wall 25 Comments J P

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