Goodbye, Old Friend
Music, music, MUSIC After "graduating" from elementary school and entering middle school, sixth graders took a class on good study habits: creating a personal "study area" in your house, ideally…
But Can I Park My Non-Volkswagen Car?
Cuteness from the German-American Institute. Just one question: how old must one be to recognize the quintessential German Car, the Beetle?
Meandering Thoughts #56
Yesterday I biked passed the dormitory move-in for freshmen at a St. Paul private college, upperclassmen greeting students (and their parents) and telling them where to park, how to register,…
Duluth Dissed
In a recent New York Times article Pete Townshend and Roger Daltry on Rock 'n' Roll Swindle and the Who's Future, the interviewer asks about extending their (current) farewell tour:…
Kraków Pinball Museum
My flight to Kraków, Poland landed at the airport noon-ish, I Uber'ed to the hotel to check-in, quickly change my undies, socks, t-shirt, and I'm off to start exploring Kraków: half…
1950s Walmart Greeter?
Everyone has seen the retiree working as a Walmart greeter. Everyone wonders whether the retiree works for the joy of interacting with people or the desperation because money is tight.…
Digital History Lost
I recently stumbled on this floppy and was intrigued: what were my internet favorites from 1998. Hmmm, could be interesting.... Of course, I cannibalized the floppy drive from my lone…
Analog Time in a Digital World
My daughter is teaching her sons/my grandsons how to tell time on an analog clock after realizing they had no idea what the hands on a clock meant. I'm not…
Those Were The Days?!?
Biology insists and common sense says that I've started to become that old fogey I use to laugh at in my younger days. ... THIRD YORKSHIREMAN:Well, of course, we had…