DRIVER'S ED?
Like most juniors and seniors in high school, I expected to take Driver's Ed. Unlike most upperclassmen, I had zero desire to drive a...
SPEED READING?
I have often mentioned my ineptitude and lack of a motivating principle as a student, but I was not entirely without success in high...
THE TIME I GOT STOOD UP
It doesn't even seem that the concept of getting "stood up" even exists anymore. I mean, who even asks people out on traditional dates? ...
WORDSWORDSWORDS#7 (Flout/Flaunt/Notoriety)
What's wrong with the following excerpt from a recent New York Times article? "Kriesel's memo attributed the increase in passengers...
IT'S A SMALL WORLD
It doesn't seem like world fairs exist anymore, but when I looked the topic up, it seems there were a few in the 21st Century, but they...
TV TIME (Part III Sandy Becker/Jon Gnagy)
Children's TV made stars out of a number of people, some of whom I may write about in future posts. There was Captain Kangaroo, of...
TV TIME (Part II-Scandal Aftermath)
Last time, I discussed a popular kids show from the mid-50s, Terrytoon Circus, a weeknight staple. But there were wonderful weekend...
TV TIME (Part 1)
When my kids were young, we enjoyed watching all the Nickelodeon shows and the Nick, Jr. series. Of course, I introduced them to shows I...
WORDSWORDSWORDS#6 (Houses)
How do you pronounce H-O-U-S-E-S? You know, the plural of a domicile where you live? Well, I thought I knew, but lately I'm not so sure....
ROSE
You can tell something of a person's life from an obituary, but one hundred words could not possibly do justice to Rose Chodrow. It's...