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I grew up with MAD Magazine.  We all did. I remember buying the oversized publication eight times a year (they had a weird publishing schedule, but that was MAD).  I would read the movie parodies, the television satires, and everything else in between.  It was a gateway to some of the greatest published satire of…

Jon Campbell is a good friend of mine, he’s a reporter with the Gannett News Service, where he covers local politics.  He also plays competitive team trivia, and his team “The Fist” actually picked up a Trivia Bowl championship a few years ago.  He’s also good-natured when I rib him about his undying love for…

When it comes to the discussion of which science fiction franchise tops all – whether it involves the Enterprise and Vulcans and Borg in Star Trek, or the Millennium Falcon and the Jedi and the Sith in Star Wars … well, the choice is up to you.  I love them both with rather equal fervor, and…

Over the weekend, I’ve gotten more familiar with my recent purchase of an $80 secondhand Singer sewing machine.  So much so, that I’ve actually purchased empty bobbins to load with cotton thread (this machine takes something called a #66 bobbin, whatever that means), and I special-ordered a “walking foot” that fit this sewing machine’s working…

A couple of years ago, my best buds Jeremy and Katie adopted a rescued pitbull.  The dog, Nelson, became an integral part of their family.  He’s gone from a life of uncertainty to a life of happiness. And now he has a chance to enjoy a life of publicity.  Or at least a month’s worth.…

I recently purchased a secondhand sewing machine for future art projects. Yep, here it is. After much detective work, I found out that my sewing machine is a Singer Merritt 2502C, an introductory standard model. Now I’m sure that a sewing machine expert can look at this thing and determine everything on it.  Me ……

Well, that’s one reason to drive to Delanson.  That, and apparently I didn’t have ENOUGH projects on my calendar. Let me explain. Last week, I spied an ad on Craigslist for a used sewing machine.  I thought to myself, “Well, you’ve worked with everything else in your life, Chuck … why not attempt to sew…

So somebody alerted me to this.  I’m not really sure how to react.  But I feel that after what has happened in my past … I need to share this with all of you. There’s something that Rex Smith made back in the late 1970’s.  And it’s now available on YouTube.  Boy, I hope Rex…

There’s an upcoming national auction in mid-April that offers various coin-operated arcade games, trade stimulators, vintage slot machines and other coin-operated memorabilia.  A link to the catalog is here. And while there are plenty of treasures from this auction that I would LOVE to have in my collection, one of the most fascinating pieces available…