Happy 67th Birthday to John Kay – frontman for Steppenwolf. Their biggest hit, “Born to Be Wild” was originally written as a ballad. Steppenwolf’s sped-up 1967 arrangement was the one that became a hit and helped…
35 years ago on this day, Jimmy Hoffa went to a lunch meeting at the Machus Red Fox Restaurant in suburban Detroit. He was never seen again. Coincidentally, on that same day, at roughly the same…
Frank Costanza: “Many Christmases ago, I went to buy a doll for my son. I reached for the last one they had, but so did another man. As I rained blows upon him, I realized there…
Last night, I was watching the Red Sox lose to the Texas Rangers. Sad, really. In fact, I’d go as far as to call it tragic. I’m a massive Sox fan. I’ve been going to games…
As many have noted, the economy sucks. Money’s tight, and people can’t afford the simple luxuries in life, let alone the not-so-simple ones. It’s a fairly shiteous time for a great portion of America, and even…
After realizing that I hadn’t taken a “real” vacation of any sort in over 2 years, I thought it was time to get away — even just for a weekend. An invitation from a relative to…
