Six years ago, my son and I went to Washington, D.C. Ever on the lookout for a bargain, I booked rooms in a motel that was reasonably priced and reasonably close to attractions. We arrived after dark.The next morning, we decided to have breakfast at an IHOP just across the parking lot from the ...
You’ve probably heard the joke, which surfaced mere days after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.“Did you hear a flight attendant took away a little old lady’s knitting needles in New York?”“No! Why’d they do that?”“She said she was knitting an Afghan.”Here’s another ...
In honor of Memorial Day meals past, let’s examine the word “decadence.” This is not to be confused with “Decca dance,” an annual soiree held by Decca Records in the 1950s. For benefit of the young, allow me to explain the Fifties.It was a dark, mysterious time when the United States ...
The Lone Ranger and his Faithful Indian Companion are hard on the heels of the Butch Cavendish Gang when Tonto, astride Scout, goes buckskin breeches over teakettle into a barrel cactus. LR wheels Silver around and dismounts.“What happened, my intrepid friend?”Embarrassed, Tonto replies, ...
Here’s how boring Sunday afternoon was: I watched five minutes of college women’s lacrosse on TV.A team of young adult females racing around a field while wearing hot pants and using butterfly nets to catch and throw a solid rubber ball reminds me of Labrador retrievers playing fetch. About ...
If the English language isn’t on its deathbed, it must surely be in the ICU. And even an unprecedented joint effort by Highmark and UPMC isn’t likely to save it.Only last week, I heard two examples of English’s death rattle in a single newscast. The first came in a story about reported ...
