The holiday season is inextricably tied to toys, and even here in my 50’s I still look forward to buying myself some small totally-useless-but-ultimately-fun item each year. Now, I’m not talking about things that are actually useful or needed, those are always good presents, but they’re more than likely not…
I think I’m going to start a new series here in ye olde journal where I detail some strange, interesting, or strangely interesting facet of growing up in the 70’s and 80’s. I mean; I was there, man! For example, you’ve probably used the term “Generic” before, but did you…
If I squint, I can see 2021 sitting there at the end of the week. 2020 has been — interesting, but I’ll not be overly upset to put it behind me. While the marking of the calendar most certainly won’t actually change anything, from a psychological point of view it’s…
Simply to get out of the house for a bit and get some fresh air and sunshine, the roommate and I drove down to the Waffle House in Castle Rock for breakfast. The reason for the 20 mile trek was that of all the Waffle Houses in the area, the…
Back in the 70’s the holidays were ruled by catalog showrooms like Sears, Montgomery Wards, and the big-dog around my house — Service Merchandise. The ritual was to make note of when the catalogs arrived, which was pretty easy as they were the size of phonebooks, and then wait for…
Took a stroll to look at everyone’s lights tonight; some really impressive displays out there. I also find it interesting how much blue LEDs have changed the color of the holiday. 😀