No matter what I say, when it gets closer to Christmas, I start to feel something.  I don’t really require material things, which is a good trait because there won’t be any this year, but[…]

Shaking off my Thanksgiving dinner food coma, I’m having a delayed-reaction thought from the week before Thanksgiving.  My delayed reaction thought: this news bit I heard saying that Bon Jovi’s Livin’ on a Prayer had[…]

Thanksgiving and all it stands for…. Airplanes, for me it once meant airplanes, although because I got tired of that a long time ago, now it means sleeping in.  And for what it matters, on[…]

In many parts of the globe, the leaves have already turned and probably have even fallen.  I lived in places where there were visible seasons, where the leaves turned many shades of yellow, orange and[…]

Thank you to all the Veterans, past and present, for your sacrifices to protect and serve this great nation. I want to share my Life magazine, the December 20, 1943 issue I keep on my[…]

Seeing Van Halen on anything is amazing.  Seeing Van Halen on South Park is even better!  But?  The possibility of Van Halen playing in the streets of a united Middle East?  Aw, as the expression[…]

Interviews.  I’m not a big fan.  Why?  Because I want to see the inside of a person; I want to feel what they feel.  And interviews rarely portray anything beyond the few simple questions.  But[…]

Well, it’s here — actual Halloween!  And what better way to celebrate than with costumes and with song.  When I was trick or treating age, I lived in a very cold climate so whatever costumes[…]

Nothing brings us back quite like Halloween.  Those of us with kids meticulously plan their outfits, and I mean all of us on that point.  We get ready with candy to hand out.  We take[…]

Happy one-day-late belated birthday to Sammy Hagar.