I particularly liked the weekly feature from StoryCorps, personal stories narrated by one family member to another.  Probably no surprise to this crowd. Read More

Worth a thousand words Read More

Let me pose a question: for a movie to qualify as “re”watchable does it first have to be watchable?  What about Stupid Movies, the kind that seem to exist solely to celebrate their own inanity? Read More

The full description of the CWP program included an interesting reference to one of the takeaways from the course, something called “Trigger Finger Etiquette”. NO, NO, NO, that’s not “manners”. Read More

Barbara to Mom: “why doesn’t Tommy have to do this?” Read More

'Nuff said. Read More

"Regular haircut?" "Yup." Made his day. Read More

Vaccines arrive. Like Brylcreem: a little jab'll do ya. Read More

But, of course, the iconic Alka-Seltzer ads featured little Speedy Alka-Seltzer. Bright-eyed and eager he pitched relief to the masses. Known far and wide, yes, but do you know Speedy's backstory? Read More

I’m sure that among the filmed “memories” are some that I truly recall, but after so many viewings of the home movies I can’t be sure. Is it real or is it Kodachrome II? Read More