The True Meaning of Thanksgiving

When I was really little my mom started a tradition that carried on all through my childhood.  Conventional Christmas pageants bored the heck out of her, so when she finally got her hands on running the thing she let the youth group do a skit before the normal pageant started.  It really was the most [...]

Muppet Love

I have a slew of procrastination sites I frequent, and one of them is Today’s Biggest Thing.  Every day there is a new video and most of them are pretty hilarious.  Today’s was no exception.
Get this:  Muppet…BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY!  I knew in an instant my day was about to get a whole lot better.  I thought [...]

Happy Thanksgiving!

And what are we all thankful for today?  We should ask ourselves that every day, not just today.  Because, for goodness sake, we got plenty to be thankful for:

 

Tales from Car Shopping

In preparation for my move back to Chicago, I made the decision that having a car in the city, and especially during the winter, would be too wonderful to do without again.  I’ve been through four winters in Chicago now, all carless and all bleak.  But, as time went on and more friends brought their [...]

Thank you!

I haven’t checked my stats on this blog for a while, but today when I looked I was amazed!  A few days ago we hit 70 views!  Thank you all for reading!  I wish I knew more about who you are!  I will try to produce material more regularly for all of you. Thanks again!
Hallelujah!

Stepping up our Game

No one doubts that today’s word changes fast.  We know, for instance, that there will be a new upgrade on the iphone, or any other gadget for that matter, available by the time we bring home what we thought to be the latest version.  We can get information faster than we ever have before.  But [...]

Halloween at 127 Hunter

Greetings!  It is a week after Halloween.  The hype has diminished,  the costumes are put away (or just lying on the floor of the basement), and the candy calories are settling on our hips in such a way that we may expect many trips to the gym in the near future.  Halloween enthusiasts have but [...]

Ode to a Sandwich

Over the hills and yonder a ways sits a quaint New York 24 hour joint called Rocky’s Deli. Standing room only is an overstatement, as standing in line, even when the place is not busy, can be somewhat difficult: you eat in the car. And if it is a Chicken Parmesan sandwich, you [...]