“Billboard ranks ’em; AT40 counts ’em down…” I must have heard that 500 times as a child. Listening to American Top 40 with Casey Kasem was a tradition for me, my sister, and a lot of our friends in the neighborhood, too. Casey Kasem had such a great voice for radio, and a wonderful sense … Read more
#EndFathersDay is trending on Twitter as I type, because men are violent, evil, and oppressive, and a holiday celebrating them in any capacity has no place in civil society. Or something. Now there are reports that it’s a “hoax.” Consider that with me. What does it even mean? Does it change that many people ran … Read more
“Great to see you!” >mwah!< The kiss hello—meaning, a platonic kiss as part of the initial greeting between friends—is an intriguing phenomenon. It even got its own Seinfeld episode. It’s not particularly common anymore, I don’t think, at least in my circles. I still see it/experience it occasionally, though I remember seeing a lot more … Read more