Tom Kennedy died last week. He was 93. I have Bob Barker at the top of my game show host list, but most days I’ll put Tom Kennedy in the runner-up position. The younger brother of longtime game show host Jack Narz, I saw Kennedy a bunch as I obsessively watched game shows in my … Read more
I wasn’t a Van Halen fan from the start, of course. I mean, I wasn’t quite 7 when the first record came out. And in 1978, there weren’t many places a little guy would encounter this music. I have vague memories of hearing “Dance the Night Away,” from the second album, on the radio. Then, … Read more
I hate cheap tools. You don’t have to mess up a workpiece with one, break one, or hurt yourself with one (or all three at the same time!) very often to form this opinion pretty powerfully. Now I’m not saying you need to run down the Snap-on or Matco truck every time you need something. … Read more