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 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...