It’s Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day!
Reading Time: 2 minutes Every day is Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day for the first kid to ever pop the plastic bubbles. That would be me.
Read More It’s Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day!Tag: TV
No days like snow days
Reading Time: 2 minutes When I was a lad, the most anticipated—and appreciated—holiday was the unexpected and unpredictable snow day. But the times are a-changing.
Read More No days like snow daysPlowing into trouble
Reading Time: 2 minutes As much as I tease about Mailbox Roulette, I feel for snow plow operators. The job ain’t easy and a good one is hard to find.
Read More Plowing into troubleThe new year is already old
Reading Time: < 1 minute I’ve been saying it for years. The new year in January is just a clerical error, The real year starts in the fall. And not with Rosh Hashanah.
Read More The new year is already oldNo news is bad news
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ever wonder why reporters and newscasters are so obsessed with resolutions at this time of year? Let me explain.
Read More No news is bad newsHarry Houdini and the Witch of Beacon Hill
Reading Time: 6 minutes – WRITING LIFE – A story with great characters, conflict, action, and humor dropped on my desk as an intern. What to do? Second in a series.
Read More Harry Houdini and the Witch of Beacon Hill‘Revolution’
Reading Time: 5 minutes – FICTION -The words are right there: ‘But if you want money for people with minds that hate/ All I can tell is brother you have to wait.’ A scene from ‘He Said, She Said.’
Read More ‘Revolution’The Great American Elimination Reality Show
Reading Time: 3 minutes – ESSAY – Gaffes and blunders, successes and failures, new heroes and villains every week — does any of this sound familiar?
Read More The Great American Elimination Reality ShowThe Super-Smart Streaming Smartscreen
Reading Time: 4 minutes – FICTION – Streaming media and artificial intelligence enter the lives of the family that grew up — and apart — on television. Now what?
Read More The Super-Smart Streaming SmartscreenThe Wild, Wired Cable TV
Reading Time: 3 minutes – FICTION – The Wild, Wired Cable TV continues her brother and sister’s quest to make America happy again. But instead people are drifting apart.
Read More The Wild, Wired Cable TV