Lea and I try to have a date every couple of months, but unfortunately there is often significant deviation between desired and actual scheduling. Tonight was our first one since December 30–ouch. I hope it’s not so long to the next one. First up was dinner at Carrabba’s, where I had the lobster ravioli and … Read more
In 1982, Parker Brothers introduced an electronic accessory to supplement Monopoly called the Monopoly Playmaster (mentioned briefly in my earlier post on Monopoly). I got it for Christmas that year. My perception has been that it wasn’t that popular, but used units seem inexpensive enough today to make me question its relative rarity. A lot … Read more
Mom was bright. She never finished college, but she was one of the most learned and well-read people I’ve ever known. She was a knew-a-whole-lot-about-a-few-things and knew-a-little-something-about-everything sort of person. I went to visit her on a break from college one weekend, and she asked me what I’d been studying recently. I told her, and … Read more