So, I was sitting in this bar in Boston, way back when. At that time the Sixers and Dr. J were rivals with the Celtics and Larry Bird. Forget all that Bird vs Magic stuff, this East Coast rivalry was just as big, and Boston, like Philly is not a town that tolerates its rivals.Continue reading “Philly Fan-doom”
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An Unforgettable Ride
As published in Keystone Motorcycle Press, January 2024 Since I’ve been writing for motorcycle publications for more than 40 years, my memories of stories I’ve done sometimes get conflated. And, truth be told, I’m not sure the trip whose notable memories I’m about to evoke came from a piece I did for Keystone Motorcycle PressContinue reading “An Unforgettable Ride”
Radio Days, Pt 1
Let’s see, I was probably age 13-15. That makes it about 1960. Some years before, my parents had given me an AM radio. It was brown plastic, with a big circular, lighted tuning dial and one of those fiberboard backs that allowed the smell of the heated vacuum tubes to vent through its holes. Somehow,Continue reading “Radio Days, Pt 1”
EV Buying Advice
Prepared as handout for Lititz Borough residents following passage of an ordinance affecting placement of EV Charging Stations, March 2023 Things to Consider Before You Purchase an EV or Plug-In Hybrid This is not intended to advocate for or against such a purchase, simply to bring to your attention some things you may not haveContinue reading “EV Buying Advice”
Seat Belt Guide
Follow up to BrickBoard Post “Seat Belt Blues?” 5/23/23
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Touchstones
Every year, following the annual ordeal of reducing the mountain of mulch dumped in our driveway, I dutifully wash down the wheelbarrow and the shovel we roll out every spring to accomplish that task. Each time, I carefully rub a coating of oil on the shovel, least it rust during its long annual sleep. InContinue reading “Touchstones”
Trump Rides, or Slides, Again
Just when you thought he was over, irrelevant at last, about to ride into the sunset, it looks like Donald Trump may make another mucus-slimed slide out of trouble and back into the limelight. We really thought we had him. All the legal pundits on MSNBC said this documents thing was the low hanging fruit.Continue reading “Trump Rides, or Slides, Again”
Dial “D” for Disaster
If you’re old, read on. If you’re not, ignore this. You have enough other problems in your future as it is. You might describe my current mental condition as fraught. Or overwrought. Or angry as hell. It’s not just Putin and his barbarism and nuclear threats. It’s not just the impending doom of climate change,Continue reading “Dial “D” for Disaster”
The “O” Word
It wasn’t that long ago, in a conversation with our millennial familials, that I used the term “Oriental” in describing someone. Oi! One would think I’d uttered the actual name of God and that the Earth was about to be rent asunder. Apparently, unbeknownst to my wife and I, the term had entered the realmContinue reading “The “O” Word”
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