Science: Older is Better
Question! If you got paid every time someone said “you’re not getting older, you’re getting better”, how stuffed would your childhood piggy bank be? No matter how it is said, we hear it as “you’re getting older and you’re not getting better. I am here...
The Great BOOM-Centennial
I recently asked Siri to give me the word for “250th Anniversary”. For the first time, I heard her say, “I don’t know!” Quarter-millenia? We have a year to figure it out. We all remember the Bi-centennial. In 1976, America threw itself a 200th birthday...
Show and Tell
I was thinking about trying something I hadn’t done in 60-something years: a “Show and Tell” column of assorted items collected through my BOOMerhood. Let’s get started! ITEM 1– The May issue of BOOM had been out for a couple of days when my “war”...
Random Thoughts From BOOM Orleans
Greetings from the Big Easy! I’d never been to New Orleans until two years ago. I am writing this while enjoying my 20th visit! Speaking of 20, at the end of April, I completed my 20th year in Montgomery, so here’s my 20/20 report on...
STUFF!
Spring! It’s America’s favorite season. Cool mornings. Warm days. Aside from a dozen or so tornado watches and warnings, what’s not to love? A poll by Home Depot found the top three spring-cleaning projects we’ve got planned are washing the windows, cleaning the grill, and...
I ❤️ February
Hey BOOMers! I love February and thought I’d use Myspace in this magazine to share a few no-fib Feb thoughts on our shortest month. My affection for February (pronounced Feb-you-ary until age 10) is largely due to the harsh winters of Chicago where I lived...
Real Hope, Real Change!
Celebrate like it’s 2025! Because it is. Just as the scars (or should that be “scares”?) of Y2K are fading, the new century is at the quarter-pole. Hard to believe. I’m excited about the new year. For 12 of the last 16 years, my country...
Holiday Expose’! Big Fruitcake
Every 24 seconds between now and Christmas Day, an innocent American will receive a fruitcake. Why? Go ahead. Call me a Christmas conspiracy theorist. I want answers to the mystery behind this holiday tradition that no one seems to embrace. My Introduction to Fruitcake began...