History of Me, Part I
Didn’t you say you wanted to know my personal history? No? Ah. Bummer. Well, here it is anyway. I was hatched at the brand new Zion-Benton Memorial Hospital in Zion, Illinois, on 25 August, 1959. This is the only picture I could find of the place on the whole big wide huge internet. It’s from [...]
IAJE, R.I.P.
Got an email last night that shook me up. Dear IAJE Family, It is with a great sense of loss that I inform you that despite drastic efforts to cut expenses and raise emergency funds, the IAJE Board has voted to file for bankruptcy under Chapter 7 of the Federal Bankruptcy Law… iaje The International [...]
Top Ten TV Shows
I don’t watch much television nowadays. With school, shows, family stuff and my Boston U. classes, it’s too crazy. I’m lucky if I get to look at a movie once in awhile or sit down on a weekend to watch the Indians lose. So, most of these shows–actually, all but one– are no longer with [...]
Top Ten Musicals
The hard part about this list is not narrowing down the number of my fave musicals, but putting them in order. I don’t have a lot of “favorite” Broadway shows. It’s actually a very small collection. Top Ten Broadway Musicals, According to Me 10. The Sound of Music – Rodgers & Hammerstein. I was Maria [...]
Top Ten Books
I’ve read so many books over the years, there’s no way I could remember them all. But certain titles stand out over nigh these many decades. The following list is by no means complete – for instance, all the fabulous juvenile fiction I like to read (Artemis Fowl, the Pendragon series, etc.) is not included [...]