I’ve written about high gas prices in the past, and who seems to take the blame for them. It’s usually the person you hate the most, as they become a scapegoat for your personal hate. Never mind that oil is a commodity, and gasoline stations in the United States are private companies that charge whatever…
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Alopecia and the image of beauty: or, what was the “GI Jane 2” joke about??
I didn’t watch the Oscars last night. But apparently this morning, there’s a ton of commentary on social media about Will Smith open-palm-slapping Chris Rock regarding a joke Chris Rock made about Will Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. That was a Prudential slap, because Will Smith got him a piece of the Rock. Okay, joke’s…
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The NEBA Roast Beef – Mike’s Submarines Latch Hook Project, March 27 2022 progress
I made a lot of progress this week. And I’m kinda proud of that. Let me explain. If you look at the grid for the latch hook rug project, it shows 26 columns and 17 rows. And I finished the bottom two rows this week, along with working my way up the left side. To…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, March 26 2022
Good Saturday morning, everyone. Looks like we’re going to get a nice peaceful weekend, and I could really use one of those. So let’s start Saturday off right with a review of the blogs and podcasts and photos that exist on my personal blogroll. And here they are. BLOGS FOR LIFESTYLE Roger Green’s “Ramblin’ with…
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for March 25, 2022
The following is a playlist for the broadcast of the Nightowl Radio Show, a one-hour college radio show on station WHCL-FM. The show can be streamed tonight at 7:00 p.m. Eastern at whcl.org. I’ve got a very dance music-inspired episode of the Nightowl Radio Show, so make sure you’ve properly stretched and warmed up before…
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The McGowan Firehouse Project
I recently created an art image by superimposing a vintage postcard of St. Joseph’s Church in Green Island into a current photo at that same location. I liked it. Liked it a lot. I thought it was good enough to enter into competition. As I said … it’s good enough. But the more I look…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: The musical tree of “Ida Red”
There is an old adage that nothing is truly created; it is inspired by what came before. Such is the case with the song “Ida Red.” “Ida Red” is a song that can trace its roots back to an old folk song from the 1870’s called “Saturday Night,” by composer Frederick W. Root. But the…
Read MoreA little league field needs a scoreboard. How can you tell who’s winning without a scoreboard?
Background. Last Saturday, I had a wonderful Date Night. Lunch at the Cheesecake Factory – spoiler alert: they sell lots of cheesecakes – then an afternoon of gambling at Rivers Casino. And surprisingly, both of us left with more money than we brought (she hit 5-of-a-kind on a Joker Poker machine and had no idea…
Read MoreThe lost “Conflict” episodes of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
Let’s get one thing straight. I appreciate Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. I enjoyed it as a kid, and I still have a fondness for it as an adult. And if you really want to know, I was a Daniel Striped Tiger fan. Not the one in Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, but the one that was made of…
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The NEBA Roast Beef – Mike’s Submarines Latch Hook Project, March 20 2022 progress
Damn it, I ran out of bronze. And I’m also running short on green. And why this corner of my artwork requires light lavender, and all I have are strands of dark lavender and regular lavender … ugh. Such is the adventures of working on this big latch hook rug project. The left side of…
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