The ductless air conditioner first caught the attention of my dear wife Karen and I as we watched “House Hunters International” on the HGTV network. All those realtors in exotic tropical climes were telling all those prospective house-buyers that yes, there was air conditioning. We saw that it wasn’t in a window. Our online investigation…
A couple months back, I grumped loudly here about the folks who decided to use the empty lot between my house and the neighbor’s house as a dog-walking spot. You, friends, offered remedies such as motion-enabled sprinklers and stink bombs. OK, nobody thought of smell as a deterrent. It wasn’t my property, so I did…
I just knew my dear wife Karen just might be rolling her eyes. On the screen in “Grown Ups 2,” Kevin James’ character was putting together a triple-threat of man-sounds. He had a ridiculous name for it. Basically, the burly guy let loose with a blast of air from all three possible outlets. Yup. Burp.…
They say that viewed under the right prism, sports teaches us about life. I believe them. Take the results of two golf tournaments yesterday. On the PGA Tour, 19-year-old Jordan Spieth won the John Deere Classic, capturing a long and winding, five-hole playoff against wise veteran Zach Johnson — a major winner with a Master’s…
The setting: A delightfully just-right early evening in mid-July, the sort of night where everybody starts every encounter with a smile for the mere reason that a blanket of heat and humidity has finally peeled back from its two-week hold on summer 2013 in Syracuse. The place: Sharkey’s Eclectic Sports Bar, the set-back-from-the-road joint in…
My dear daughter Elisabeth gave me a great T-shirt yesterday. It proudly proclaims: “I May Be Old But I’ve Seen All the Good Bands.” I will wear it proudly. I am indeed, from the vantage point of my 23-year-old offspring, old. I have also seen many, many good bands. Not all, though. I never saw…
Long Island rock ‘n’ roll fans of my vintage will pause and shed a tear today. I just got a message from my sister, who listens to morning radio down there where the North and South forks meet. She heard that Peppi Marchello died. The news has spread to a Long Island web site. The…
Twenty years ago, the straightedge hardcore band from Syracuse made its first worldwide splash with the EP “Firestorm.” “It doesn’t seem like that many years,” Earth Crisis vocalist Karl Buechner told me over the phone this morning. Yet there is much water under that bridge. Earth Crisis became a leader of its genre. Buechner and…
Ellie B switches to high alert come half past five every weekday. Every sound out front brings our dear Dogamous Pyle up on the recliner for the very best view out the picture window. It matters not if I’m already there. Ellie B thinks she makes a pretty good laptop. Oh, the routine that surrounds…
Cross-promotion has become part of our modern lives. At first I used to hate it. I did not want to see the “American Idol” judges slugging from those huge, red Coca-Cola glasses. Bet it was a different beverage in each cup. Then it just made me squirm a bit. Maybe NASCAR driver Tony Stewart really…
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