In 2023, we mixed our streaming views with new and current stuff while also taking the TV time machine back a few decades.
…The Top Shows (We Got Around to Watching) of the YearRead More »
The Top Shows (We Got Around to Watching) of the Year Read More »
Derek has challenged me to go on a 30-day social media detox. I’m going to do it in 2024. That will mean no Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Threads or LinkedIn for a month. No Randy Rainbow, Holistic Psychologist, Anthony Jeselnik or Michael Rappaport.
…Social Media Detox is Coming Read More »
We have few people to buy gifts for this Christmas. No parents. The honorary grandkids want gift cards. I made a deal with my brother. We told each other about something we want but haven’t bought for ourselves. That’s how I know I’m getting a bonsai tree and a growing kit!
…My First Annual, Somewhat Biased, Gift Guide Read More »
My general disdain for billionaires who stay billionaires is well documented on this site. It’s not the accumulation of wealth that bothers me. It’s hanging onto that wealth while so many suffer. We’re all spinning on this big blue ball together. If we have the means, and don’t bother to help each other, then what’s it all about?
…When Chips Off the Old Block are Potato Chips Read More »
Anyone who is considering ending their life needs to know that society doesn’t want them to. We won’t be better off without you. Your brain is lying to you if that’s what it’s saying. That’s depression or addiction or mental pain talking, and it’s not the truth.
…A Lifeline Goes Live Across the Country Read More »
…“Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.”
Attributed to various sources from Confucius to Mark Twain
Retirement Isn’t in Our Vocabulary Read More »
I’ll explain the pine cone in a moment. This post is about not all complaints about high prices being created equal.
…Food for Thought About Grocery Prices Read More »
We sometimes buy things from Amazon. I shop at a couple of online grocers who carry specialty items I can’t get from anyone near me. We are not perfect beings and I despise helping a billionaire like Jeff Bezos get richer. But Amazon didn’t become the monolith it is without doing a few things right.
…What the Dickens is Up With Small Business SaturdayRead More »
What the Dickens is Up With Small Business Saturday Read More »
Please meet our friend Kendra. She and her husband Tim live in Arkansas and we’ve been to see them exactly once. (Derek’s been there a few times on motorcycle trips with buddies.) I won’t share her life story here, because it’s not mine to tell. But let me assure you that she has overcome a lot of major obstacles in her life. So has Tim, for that matter.
…A Late-Runner Embraces the Early Side of Life Read More »
Derek has a weekly breakfast with a bunch of guys he’s known since high school. One of them just had a pacemaker installed. Another, an emergency appendectomy. Still another will have to lie face down for weeks – WEEKS – after eye surgery to repair a detached retina. Four people we know have COVID-19. And all of this happened within the last week.
…Old Friends Acting Our Age Read More »