Several readers have asked how my self-imposed boycott of local TV news is going. It's going fine. Now the only people I have to deal with who assume I share their insane view of what constitutes a nice day are those I encounter in person.…
If this happens in a carpeted area, it's no big deal. But if your watch TV in a room that has wood floors, you eventually come to appreciate that these remote controls are pretty rugged. www.askdavetaylor.com
In 1966, in certain corners of our great land, a fair number of young American males felt they absolutely had to have madras shirts in their summertime sartorial lineup. Most prized were the garments said to run or "bleed" in certain soaking circumstances. Can't remember…
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Let's say you had been looking at a news website or some other online offering that has a fair amount of clicking options on one page. You decide you're done for the moment. But just as you are logging off your computer -- in the…
When inclined to grumble about one of The Spokesman-Review's editorial positions or political endorsements, I sometimes think of Ed. Ed was the sports editor at the small newspaper where I started my so-called career. A proud University of Missouri grad, he was a bit of…
Now? I don't know. It seems like onions labeled as "sweet" are available pretty much all year. Only none of them are quite as mind-blowing as the truly amazing ones from 20 or 30 years ago. Remember? There were, of course, the Walla Walla onions.…
I can only assume it is a bit more matter-of-fact these days, though perhaps not totally so. One classic depiction of a young man being ill at ease about purchasing these items appeared in the 1971 movie, "Summer of '42." Here's a moment from that…
So I was standing at the corner of Lincoln and Riverside, waiting for the light to change. A car went by with the windows down and the sound system up. The young woman behind the wheel was singing along with Miranda Lambert's "White Liar." I…
"Let's just say that thanks to George Thorogood and Neil Young my husband and I have great appreciation of closed captioning on TV," wrote Sandy Tarbox. "Years ago we saw George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers at the Opera House (loudest concert ever performed there).…
You might have gotten the idea that park rangers aren't all that bright. But it turns out there is more to the job than trying to keep a hat-wearing bear away from the pic-i-nic baskets. www.georgiajellystone.com