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Davemolter

Running afoul of fowl

Just in time for the 2024 presidential election, we have learned of another dire threat to the American way of life that our vaunted Founding Fathers never foresaw. That’s right: Marauding flocks of wild turkeys. I know what you’re thinking: fake news! And I don’t blame you. I admit ...

Nostradamus for Dummies

By the time you read this we will know the winner of Super Bowl LVIII. And we will also know that the French astrologer Nostradamus was correct when he predicted in 1555 that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce would be part of a vast left-wing conspiracy to reelect President Joe Biden. I am not ...

Driven to tears

My maternal grandparents lived in Kalamazoo when I was a kid, and in the ’50s we took several summer road trips to visit them. It was a pretty boring drive along the Pennsylvania and Ohio turnpikes for me: video games hadn’t been invented, so just about the only distractions were coloring ...

Tricked, not treated

When I carried my lunch to work, a favorite item was microwavable soup sold under the brand name “Meal in a Minute.” It was simple to make: just remove the metal seal, replace the vented plastic cap and pop the container into the oven. Ninety seconds later, the soup was ready. Did you spot ...

‘Twas the three-dog night before Christmas

If you wait till 8 a.m. on Christmas Eve to hit the Dollar Store for last-minute gifts, this column isn’t for you. That’s because as of this morning, there are roughly 6.5 shopping days till Christmas — plenty of time to order gifts for those hard-to-please folks on your shopping list. ...

Crunch time!

Although I’m usually an early adopter of technology, I don’t always run out and buy what the media claims is the “next big thing.” For example, we don’t have a ring camera that gives us video of who or what is at the front door of my house. Ring camera? We already have two dogs that ...