When you introduce someone as your fiancée, you should be prepared for the obvious question: “When are you two getting married?” It’s...

Due to its proximity to New York City, Americans tend to think of Connecticut as just a suburb of the Big Apple. Not New York. But...

In July of 1989 I got a phone call from my closest friend at that time, John Hellings. I would have had to walk to the kitchen of my...

If you woke up this morning and thought, “What’s going on in Smithtown, New York, today is your day! For example, March 28th was “Pet...

Buck Wheat always has a plan! Buck Wheat of course is my 23-year-old daughter, currently of Austin, Texas. When she signed her nine-month...

In 1971, the unemployment and inflation rates in the United States reached 6.1% and 5.84% respectively. For our nation’s 37th president...

Frank Purdue was the only child of Arthur Purdue. THE chicken-farming founder of the eponymous Purdue Farms. And it’s good be a chicken...

On a video chat recently my daughter Buck Wheat wanted to give me a first glance at her "plans" for the summer. Thankfully, I was already...

The 2006 made for television movie, “High School Musical” was the most successful Disney Channel movie. Ever! The movie spawned a...

When you plan to spend your winter in Stamford, Connecticut, you don’t need to pack a lot of short sleeve shirts! So when my mother...

Baseball legend Henry Aaron, whose 755 career home runs made him baseball’s all-time home run leader for 33-years, finished the 1973...

My father Billy was old school, and a great defender of the technological status quo! I remember an argument I had with my father early...

Most parents worry, so why should I be any different? The moment after I recorded this video of my then 16-year-old daughter Panda...

It's a not-so-interesting coincidence that the three most loquacious people I know are my mother Bobbie, my daughter Buck Wheat and my...

When you wear the Scarlet and Grey of THE Ohio State Buckeyes as often as I do, you get accustomed to the greetings proffered by...

For the second time in as many decades, an Audi sedan saved the Lipton family from a day-eternal. Driving home from a family...

Last week while speaking with a paint dealer in Texas, he referred to me as a "Jedi.” Of paint! A Jedi; a devotee of the ways of the Jedi...

At Tremont Paint in the 1970’s, my father’s paint store, masking tape came in a multitude of varieties. Such as inch, inch-and-a-half and...

THE Federal Aviation Administration reported that for 2018, the last year which complete data is available for, civilian aircraft were...

If you have been following my blog for more than just a little while, you may know that I’m a presidential geek! More than just a generic...