This is a story that begins in the Chestnut Prison. The Chestnut Prison was my existence at 606 Chestnut Street in Abington, Massachusetts, where I spent the summer and fall of 1978 living with my father and stepmother, in an effort to get away from the toxic and poisonous home life of my mother and…
Read MoreCould the new Spider-Man movie bring all the Spider-Men together?
Okay, follow me on this. In 2002, Sony Pictures – who currently holds the rights to Marvel Comics’ Spider-Man, as well as all associated characters, released a blockbuster motion picture. It starred Tobey Maguire as the web-slinger, against Willem Dafoe as the Green Goblin. A few years later, the even more popular Spider-Man 2 came…
Read MoreWillingly watch a Lifetime movie? Are you out of your clucking mind?
It is a very, very rare moment when I will willingly sit in front of the TV set and watch a Lifetime motion picture. And by “willingly,” I mean by myself, with no one else in the room. Now, in the past, I have chosen to watch a Lifetime film. The biography of the Clark…
Read MoreSawzall there is to that…
I know I’m violating every single tenet of Christmas. You don’t tell the giftee the exact item they’re getting for Christmas. You might mention that you’re getting something, maybe offer a nebulous clue or a sly riddle, let them stew over it until the 25th of December, then watch their eyes when they open the…
Read MoreAh, Spectrum, you never cease.
I was working on a project yesterday, in which I needed a solid, well-defined communicative link between myself and an online entity. Normally these projects are easy to accomplish and complete. This time, however, it seemed that there was a massive lag. And that lag was taking me longer to complete the online task. Ugh.…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, December 5 2020
Good morning. It’s Saturday, I’m already awake, and if you’re awake as well, come join me in enjoying these blog posts and podcasts and photos from my blogroll. We’ve got some great stuff here, and I really hope you enjoy them. BLOGS FOR TASTE Bill Dowd’s “Notes on Napkins” blog, “Iconic Lake Champlain island inn…
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for December 4, 2020
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 8:00 p.m. Eastern at whcl.org. Tonight’s episode is a special overview of the history of Hanna-Barbera Records, a rock label created by the cartoon company. Time Artist…
Read MoreL.L. Bean is now off my personal “do not shop” list.
It took four years and a Presidential election, but I have finally ended my L.L. Bean boycott. This blog post explains why I initially went on such a boycott. But in a nutshell, one of the Bean family members donated a ton of money to Donald Trump’s election SuperPAC, and Trump used his Twitter feed…
Read MoreA Slurpee for the death of Speedway
There was a time when I used to go to my local Hess gas station. I would get gasoline, I would get some tasty treats, and on at least one occasion, I earned a pair of free New York Yankees tickets for three gasoline fill-ups. Oh yeah, and there were the cool Hess toy trucks…
Read MoreAre you ready for some football??
All right, it’s Thanksgiving night, and my beloved Pittsburgh Steelers – who are, say it with me, UN DEE FEE TED (clap clap clap-clap-clap) – are going to beat the living snot out of the Baltimore Ravens. A Pittsburgh win not only guarantees the Black and Gold a pathway to the AFC North title and…
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