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

We hear “Only in Scottsdale” comments a lot from those suffering from “Scottsdale Envy.” If you read between the lines you know that what t...

This 30 second commercial from BMW is one of the best I have seen.  It's cute, different, and easily gets the point across in two words...

If there is anyone reading this who remembers “Five and Dime stores” please raise your hand.  That’s what I thought; not too many.  Don’t f...

( Left:  Me with a fave book: "Two O'Clock, Eastern Wartime" by John Dunning) photo: 2006 From November, 2005: “Tha...

THE GHOST ARMY OF WORLD WAR II   By Jim McAllister Note:  I wrote this story originally on April 27, 2005 for the  NORTH SCOTTSDALE   ...

Some Miscellaneous Rambling….. Reader “Joy” was kind enough to inform me of a site where you can enter your birth date to find out wha...

Either you get it or you don’t get it.  Yesterday (4-16) at a McDonald’s restaurant in Tempe, Arizona there was a demonstration of the latt...

I remember the year 1957 very well.  I was a junior in high school and had the “hots” for a lot of girls who wouldn’t give me the time of d...

I n 1974 I decided I needed to lose a few pounds. I was feeling a bit sluggish since I had entered my 30’s and wasn’t doing much to stay in...

For those who live in areas where winters are long, cold and cloudy, or have snow on the ground most of the time, it sounds like you need a...

Saturday  February  28, 2015 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM (in "pilot speak" that is 1600 to 2200 Zulu) Location:        The SkyRanc...

It was jaw dropping embarrassing  to watch the sorry exhibition of James Taylor singing “You Got a Friend” with "Lurch" Kerry st...