Oh, my aching back

As I was shoveling the path that connects his driveway to ours, Good Neighbor Tim opened his big front window and told me we had gotten 10 inches of snow overnight. My comment: That’s all? He had finished with his snowblower, but I still had plenty of shovel work left up close to my house.…

See what’s behind my selfie

A couple of days ago, I caught a contest thrown out by Sandra, the author of the quite excellent blog Square One Notes. Sandra challenged the world to post a selfie. Something new for me. Creeping up on my year one anniversary of markbialczak.com, I figured it’s darn well time to take on such a…

A search for the true meaning of 57 for ’57

Update: I have found the ultimate tribute to a fallen firefighter who discovered the magic of the match between birth year and age. That once-in-a-lifetime happening is now called the Beddian Birthday. Click here to read my piece about it. A month ago, I wrote about the allure of the fact that everybody born in…

Smile when you say that

I know that white teeth are in. All it takes is a look at TV in those spaces between show or sport. There are little pieces of something or other that you can stick on your teeth to make them whiter, I take it from the commercials. There’s a rinse that will make your smile…

More signs of Syracuse’s significant snow

Some of you can’t seem to get enough of my snow pictures. And I live to make my WordPress friends in exotic climes happy. Mind you, compared to Syracuse, N.Y. that’s just about everywhere, but as of this cold February morning, I am talking about those experiencing summer in the Southern Hemisphere or somewhere else…

Get your Seahawks, Syracuse, Sox, Yanks, Mets stuff now

I know good marketing when I see it. My Favorite Sports Store had a quick thinker out front on Monday morning. The T-shirt, jersey, collectable and more emporium in the Syracuse, N.Y., mega shopping, entertainment and dining complex Destiny USA had a full table of boxes out front. To the left sat Seattle Seahawks stuff,…