Chums

My friend Rudy Magrudian spun a Q-tip so fast he started a fire in his ear. He said, “That’s nothing. You should see what I can do with a box of matches.” He once promised that if we were ever in a robbery, he would shield me from all the bullets. All the bullets in …

Pop Tarts with Protein

Of course, I had to try these. If you’re a long-time fan of something and they make an improvement, you’re going to want to see what that improvement is all about. I could tease you and say, “Let’s talk about Pop Tarts for about six paragraphs and then I’ll tell you what my critique is.” …

Eating Right (Now)

Eating healthy foods is easy, right? There’s so much of it around. And yet, there are so many ways to not eat healthy. Chocolate cake is not all that healthy for me, and it seems we’re having it a lot lately. There’s always someone wanting it, even though it’s not their birthday. Someone among us …

Eostre (Easter)

Like many Christian holidays, Easter supplants a pagan holiday. The pagan holiday being thrust down here is the celebration of Spring, once called “Eostre”. Along with Spring, the pagans used to celebrate fertility and new life. Nothing wrong with any of that, right? It is interesting that they were celebrating new life while those of …

The Way Grandpa Talks

Everyone should have a grandpa sometime in their life. It makes life so much better if you get to listen to one talk. There’s a special difference in the way a grandpa talks and the way a dad talks. They come from different generations—different eras. For those who don’t know, a grandpa is a part …