Category: Just for Fun

It’s National Cat Day in the United States, and a friend told me to celebrate appropriately. He knows that Sunny and Panther rule my exclusive flat in Pittsburgh’s south hills. After all, they are both on the lease and they have their own room. I just write the checks.

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Here are some of the things I’ve seen along road trips during the past 15 years It’s National Road Trip Day. At one time, I could have shared with you thousands of snapshots of road trips that I’ve taken throughout the U.S. Sadly, only a handful of those photos remain. But on a day like…

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Less than two hours after we left western Pennsylvanian Amish County, I was more than $200 in the hole. Most went to impound fees.

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As everyone is publishing the top news stories of the past 365 days, I offer my 2022 reflection of the events that affected me most.

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In the spirit of completeness, I’m going to tell you three ways you can destroy your Thanksgiving turkey without really trying.

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At the tender age of 6, I remember being stunned with the device used to cut off the head of poultry

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Stan Freberg’s ‘Pilgrim’s Progress’ is wrong, offensive, and hilarious This is the first of 5 Days of Thanksgiving, which will run Monday through Friday, Nov. 21-25. Look for other blog posts with a Thanksgiving theme this week. One thing you can take away from Stan Freberg‘s parody on the first Thanksgiving: Never trust a man…

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Few vehicles could elicit such excitement from two young boys as a big garbage truck climbing a country driveway toward the house. For my brother and me, it was a weekly event to see the largest truck we would see on the one-lane, private Skylark Drive that week. This was the arrival of Mr. Morris.

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