Reflections on music, movies, TV, sports, American History, and other stuff.

New car dealers probably would shudder in fear if they heard the names Irv Gordon, Alvin Elam, Pete Biro, and Rebekah O’Connell. Those four ...

A recent AARP Bulletin mentions four businesses that are doing well in spite of the recession. They are car service centers, beauty schools,...

There is a gay organization in some cities like San Francisco, Boston, and Detroit, called the Guerilla Queer Bar. It is comprised of gays, ...

That's Barb and me presenting the Passover Coke to Mary (left) at Randy's in Scottsdale. JUST OBSERVING: I saw an ad on television...

With Memorial Day, it is appropriate to discuss the work of a group of women who contributed mightily to the United States’ war effort durin...

I love it when someone like County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox criticizes the food and cleanliness of Sheriff Joe’s prison kitchen. Montini...

I love this time of year. As soon as the first 100 degree day hits, my Illinois neighbors and their yapping little dog point the hood orname...

ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOLDING THE CLAPPER BOARD DURING FILMING OF PSYCHO IN 1960 Alfred Hitchcock was a genius in the movie industry and televisi...

This guy's shirt was one color before his round of Golf in Phoenix during the summer. Summer is around the corner and with it comes some...

1966 Pontiac GTO Little GTO, you’re really lookin’ fine Three deuces and a four speed, and a 389 Listen to her tachin’ up now, listen to her...

The year is 1949. It is a cold, dark, December afternoon and it is almost 5:30. I’m running full speed on my eight year old legs to Carol Wh...

I have a few comments about the April 9 editorial in the Republic supporting the DREAM Act which would allow illegal alien children the oppo...

Remember when you carried a lot of cash? Remember the old saying, "Cash on the barrel head."? That’s the way business used to be d...

Janitors are now "maintenance engineers." Tramps or bums are "homeless persons." Someone told me recently that a shelf s...

Is Barack getting on TV as much as Billy Mays? Some recent quotes, facts, and figures..... From Peter Bronson of the Cincinnati Enquirer ref...

I’m trying to avoid politics in my blogs because we have plenty of people blogging who thrive on that sunject. But, I felt a comment was nec...

Cialis has worked when the couple makes the tubs Ever since they were approved years ago, we have been inundated with TV commercials for pre...

The Dow Jones averages have gone up 684 points in the last four days of last week which normally would be encouraging but with the economy f...

Maybe there is something that has slipped by me. I hear about "illegal alien rights" and it seems like an oxymoron. I thought that...

(L) Members of Phoenix's A-1 beer women's softball team receive their new uniforms in the late 1940s (R) The control tower at Sky Ha...