2018-10-10 20:11
Chances are you have one of their products in your pocket, your house or in your car. You can’t go anywhere nowadays without seeing an Apple billboard, store or someone using their pro… Read More
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2017-07-13 23:06
Okay, you’re tasked with carving the Mount Rushmore of the NBA. And you have to limit yourself to the four greatest players in league history. I’d start with Wilt Chamberlai… Read More
2017-06-30 15:56
Have you ever thought, “I’m going to sit down at the old piano and compose a musical. I’ll make it about a historical figure from 200 years ago that people are only vaguely… Read More
2017-06-19 19:13
You don’t have to be a nonconformist or a geek to like Trader Joe’s. But it probably helps. If you don’t have a Trader Joe’s in your town, it’s a good bet you d… Read More
2016-09-06 14:03
If Betty White’s life were a TV show, it would be titled “Everybody Loves Betty”. From radio, to TV sitcoms, to game shows, she’s excelled at everything she’s d… Read More
2016-08-21 23:06
You either love Christopher Walken or you like him. Nobody really dislikes the man; how could you, he’s quirky and strange, and undeniably unique. When I looked at his filmography… Read More
2016-08-16 21:29
Let’s call it a sabbatical, the last year we’ve been away from posting all the great things about this country. Now we’re back and refreshed, and eager to share again… Read More
2016-08-14 03:00
Yes, Pinterest is the Lifetime Network of the Internet. I don’t know if there are studies to prove it, but it certainly seems to be much more popular with women. Lots of hairstyle… Read More
2015-08-27 15:11
Asheville is a little out there, sure. It surfs the waves of a rapidly changing culture, and marches to a different drummer, mixaphorically speaking. But that’s part of its charm… Read More
2015-07-11 16:22
These are the songs you wanted the disk jockey to shut up so you could hear from the start: 8. “Come Together”, The Beatles You knew from the first notes that this wasn’t g… Read More
2015-06-02 15:56
The Triple Crown of thoroughbred horse racing consists of winning the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes. As I write this, American Pharoah is the latest in a long… Read More
2015-04-24 15:31
John Grisham suffers the fate of many popular artists – the cultural snobs condescend because surely something so attractive to the masses can’t have artistic merit. But fol… Read More
2015-03-30 14:18
Why, you might ask, has it taken me so long to include this obviously well-made movie among the list of Great American Films? Because the language and violence in Goodfellas a… Read More
2015-03-18 14:56
There are some actors who never seem to give a bad performance. Robert Duvall, for example. Morgan Freeman. And I put Robert Downey, Jr. in that impressive category. Of late, Downey has chos… Read More
2015-02-24 20:08
First of all, it has some of the best names in the history of American musical theater, including Sky Masterson, Nathan Detroit, and the best of all — Nicely-Nicely Johnson. And it has… Read More
2015-02-16 19:53
Snorkeling. They come for the snorkeling. One look at the pictures on this page give an indication of how accessible the waters are even for beginners. But the main draw is the wide variety… Read More
2014-12-01 19:43
I don’t know how Dr. Stephen Leatherman, a.k.a. Dr. Beach, determines his list of 10 best beaches in America each year. Oh, I see the list of “50 Criteria” he publishes on… Read More
2014-11-11 19:18
It took The Voice to bring Blake Shelton to the top of the entertainment industry. Which is strange, because few performers have dominated country music as Shelton has in the last decade. Hi… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The Kraft folks call it “liquid gold.” And just before the Super Bowl, we were told by the Cheese Powers-That-Be that we could face a shortage of the precious stuff. A “che… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Most writers would love to have just one book recognized as being among the best novels of its time. Cormac McCarthy has four. Blood Meridian (1985) made Time’s list of the best 100 En… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Let’s be honest here. What George Lucas has done to his own Star Wars franchise almost disqualifies him from this list. And yet, the fact that he had the vision to create it in the fir… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Before folks traveled almost exclusively on interstate highways, when two-lane roads often wound past farms and through small towns, barns were a valuable and often-used medium for advertisi… Read More
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