Kelly, I’m sorry that Thursday miscellanea is two days late. The biggest celebrity of my lifetime died, and then I had another skunk story. When I was a boy in the late ’70s, my dad had exactly two celebrity crushes: Lynda Carter and Farrah Fawcett-Majors (remember, she was Mrs. Six Million Dollar Man then). I … Read more
Our next door neighbor Heather called us about seven this morning, warning us to stay away from the area between our houses. A skunk had entangled itself in a lawn chair of theirs (in the garage), and her husband Jeff had used a fishing pole to drag it out in the yard while he decided … Read more
No one else in my lifetime has ever been as famous as Michael Jackson was in 1983. His star power was nearly unfathomable, its magnitude impossible to overstate. Affection for him was universal. Everybody liked Michael Jackson, and people who called themselves Michael Jackson fans absolutely adored him. He was a true song and dance … Read more