After weeks – no, months – of dim cloudy skies, the sun peeked out yesterday – two days late – and then came out full blast today while we all had to work, the ultimate slap in the face. Typical sun, coming back from wherever it was whenever it feels like it and offering [...]

I finally said it. Finally worked up the courage. I’ve been thinking of it for months, it’s always in the back of my mind, but this time I just blurted it out.
“That’s going to be $3.95” said the clerk in his little smug condescending tone, while handing me my cup of coffee.
“When?” I asked.
“What?” He [...]

Some of my best memories seem to involve times spent with my best friends at Brainerd International Raceway in Brainerd, Minnesota. We particularly make a big deal about the NHRA drag races that come every year in August. Recent news suggests that we may not be able to revisit these memories as BIR [...]

Unbelievable, that after decades on the air the Star Trek franchise actually won’t be having another spin-off series ever again. To be honest, I haven’t even seen a single episode of the current Star Trek series that is departing, but I grew up watching Star Trek, and so it feels like the end of [...]

Newcastle Brown Ale, which happens to be my favorite beer, may have to lose either their name or their hard-to-get EU protections according to this article. They’ll still have the right to make the beer, and they still own the name Newcastle Brown Ale, but they may lose the EU protection which they themselves [...]