Exactly 20 years ago, I was knocking down $3.35 an hour at Taco Bell on Madison Boulevard (still just “20” back then). I usually ran the drive-through window, but also steamed, stuffed, or ran an inside register from time to time. Of course, everyone cleaned, except this one pathetic leech of a woman who claimed … Read more
(Disclaimer: I didn’t like Jerry Falwell, and know before you read further that this is not a glowing, pro-Falwell post.) The Rev. Jerry Falwell died at his office this morning. He was 73. God be with his family and ministry. To me, the question of whether Falwell was a net positive in society is hazy … Read more
Know something I miss from the ’70s? Huge, tacky, landscape-dominating, power-sucking, neon-laden, animated signs. They’re not products of the ’70s, of course–they date to the post-World War II era, when it was just becoming possible to drive coast to coast with relative ease. But the ’70s were the last time they were around in any … Read more