When you spend time with your family during the holidays, you never know what topics you’ll talk about. Sure, we try to stay away from politics, but we often find other things to discuss. Over the weekend, our conversation turned to a unique topic; school lunch pizza…
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If you’re like many people, you’re probably sick of hearing so much Christmas music. Now, in a couple of days, most of that music will go away for another ten or eleven months. But as we all know, many of these songs that we hear every year have become timeless. And as I have found,…
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As a kid growing up, the one thing I dreaded was reruns. I know I’m not the only one. Youngsters today will never understand the pain of so few choices. Television has changed in so many ways throughout my life. And while we don’t see as many repeats today, this has caused a new issue…
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It’s been a long time since I got married. I was 23 the first time and 36 the second. And while I recollect the ceremonies and the receptions, I don’t remember much else. I was at the City Clerk’s office yesterday and ran into a couple who was getting married. And they reminded me just…
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The other night I saw something on TV that took me back to my younger days. They were celebrating a child’s birthday and had two sparklers stuck in the cake. That was a sight I remember from special occasions back in the day but haven’t seen in years. Are sparklers still popular, or have they…
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Back in my younger days, we used to cruise around with nowhere in particular to go. And sometimes, I try to recreate those experiences of my youth. But the temperature has to be just right. First, I roll all my car windows down. Then I crank up the heat and crank up the tunes. And…
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Back when I was growing up, my bicycle was everything to me. It took me everywhere. But looking at our world today, I don’t think kids care as much about bicycles as we did back in the day. Sure, the little ones seem to own one, but I don’t see many pre-teens owning one. Maybe…
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Back in my younger days, anytime we were out playing, we had to worry about dodging the fruit from the pawpaw trees. There was always rotten fruit on the ground, and you hated stepping on it. And after all these years, I just found out that those squishy things were edible…
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Like many people, I grew up watching professional wrestling on TV. But, as I got older, I didn’t keep up. But recently, I found out the I could watch classic matches from the 1980s on Peacock. So, of course, I’m currently traveling down memory lane…
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I was never one of those kids that always looking for bugs, snakes, or wild animals. Sure, I played in the grass and the dirt, but you could usually find me on the playground. One of my nephews loves searching for critters. And recently, he’s been trying to trap a chipmunk. But all he seems…
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