We used to be so damn goofy. In the fall of 1969, I had friends who were in a fraternity at George Washington University. They had a game they played called the Eating Contest. It’s not the same food as the picture, but you get the picture. To succeed, you had to eat 10 McDonald’s …
Here we go again. I hate to admit it, but one of the defining things in my life has been weight loss, but I’m pretty sure that I have lost more than 500 pounds in my life, despite being a skinny kid. I think I was 22 the first time my weight topped 200, and …
I am surprised at how mixed my feelings have turned out to be about Billionaires in Space. My first reaction was completely negative. I was annoyed that there are people so rich they could toss billions of dollars at what is really little more than a cool hobby. Then I had the satiric reaction. Hey, …
One man’s kitsch is another man’s … classic tourist attraction? And one man’s clickbait on Facebook is my unfortunate addiction. I’m pleased to report I have finally stopped looking at sites that attract viewers with lies, like “see what (some gorgeous actress) looks like today” and then seeing pictures of 75 other celebrities but never …
Welcome to Donald Trump’s America. Or it might be more accurate to say welcome to Vladimir Putin’s America, courtesy of his useful idiot Donald Trump. Don’t kid yourself.; It was four years of Trump in the White House and nine months of him lying that left us where we are today, looking back at a …
“Isn’t it pretty to think so?” I just don’t get Ernest Hemingway. I love the last line of “The Sun Also Rises,” mostly because Robert B. Parker has used it in at least five different Spenser novels. But as far as Hemingway’s oeuvre, give me Thomas Wolfe or F. Scott Fitzgerald any time. When it …
From four years ago, but worth another look … In March 1990, when I was covering college basketball for the Reno Gazette-Journal, I was driving from Reno to Boise, Idaho (only 35 miles from my favorite Idaho town, Tickle Me). to cover the Big Sky Conference basketball tournament. It was a pretty nice day and …
“When you’re alone and life is making you lonely, you can always go … downtown.” I had my iPod set on Shuffle the other day and Petula Clark’s biggest hit ever from the mid ’60s came up, and just for a moment or two, it was 6:30 a.m. in the late winter of 1964-65 and …
About 10 years ago, someone asked me to do a list of my favorite films. Following is that list, with comments added. Just for the heck of it, my five favorite films in 15 different categories (not in order, although favorite in each category is in boldface). Unless otherwise noted, if it is a movie …
It’s funny the difference time makes. If I had spent an hour 10 years ago the way I just did, I would have been filled with despair. I set out to play nine holes of golf and I quit after four. I was eight over par for the four holes I played. Over nine holes, …
