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

I love expressions from the past, especially the ones we see in classic films. These expressions were once applied universally to our lifest...

Like most cities Scottsdale, Arizona depends on goods and services primarily from the corporate world.  That’s life today but occasionally ...

A vintage Stearman PT-17 biplane aircraft arrived in Scottsdale recently and will eventually become a display piece hanging from the ceilin...

I have been a fan of major league baseball for as long as I can remember.  I grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio so as a kid I kept close track of ...

Although the early days of television hurt the movie business, they didn’t ruin it like they did radio. Sure, starting in the late 1940s TV ...

LOOKING BACK If you like vintage cars, the photo below should interest you.  It was taken in the parking lot of my Air Force barracks a...

I think the following column by Professor James A. Roberts of Baylor University is interesting.  I do not own a smartphone simply because I...

(The following was written by the brother of liberal New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd.  Obviously he has a different outlook on the re...

Would you believe that during World War II Hollywood matinee idol Clark Gable flew several B-17 missions to acquire film footage? How about...

If you have lived in the Scottsdale area very long,  you are probably familiar with how many items carry the name “McDowell.” You can obser...

It is now the first week in October, 2016 in the Phoenix-Scottsdale area.  In most parts of the country October means thoughts of chilly ni...

A friend and I were reminiscing the other day about the first cars we ever owned.  I doubt if there is any guy who can’t fondly recall in d...

(Arizona joke:  It was so hot I saw a coyote chasing a jackrabbit and they were both walking!) Those of us who have lived in Arizona fo...

With the conclusion of the month of May, we have Memorial Day.  It was originally called Decoration Day as it was a time when surviving mem...

The  Presidential election of 2016 will be interesting.  It will probably be between Hillary and The Donald.  Will a woman win? Will Obam...

Music is fun and entertaining to most of us whether it is from our own memories of pop tunes recorded during our lifetimes or before. I l...

I remember as a kid in the 1950's how teenage girls had a style of wearing a dog collar around their ankle.  Apparently, when a girl wor...