Saw several campaign signs that had been blown over this afternoon. And I'm wondering. If the wind dies down before people get home from work in a few hours, will those with uprooted yard signs remember the weather? Or, like in every other situation, will…
A colleague who does not eat meat recently spent a few days in Kansas City. He decided that it would be crazy to visit that city and not have a plate of barbecue ribs. So that's what he did. And enjoyed his dinner. It was…
Boy, I sure wish I still had recordings of readers calling my phonemail and singing snippets of "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" and the old Hamm's beer jingle. If I were to invite readers to sing something else, what should it be? www.smithsonianmag.com
A friend was listening to oldies while driving the grandkids to day care. A 1968 song by The Foundations came on. Her radio has a readout that shows what song is playing but it has limited characters. So the tune displayed as "Build Me Up…
Even after all these years, I still occasionally get notes from readers expressing dismay about the fact that I seldom address the serious issues confronting society. So here's a question just for those folks. Have you ever forgotten that you ate beets and then, a…