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I’m not a huge fan of online shopping either. And the mall isn’t as fun as it used to be. They used to have specialty stores like fye, Disney, Sam Goody, etc. Now everything is overpriced boutiques. A few years back the Gap went out of business (they’re owned by the same people who run Old...

My local mall isn’t torn down, but 3/4 is empty. I too liked Kaybee and the Disney store. Plus fye and Auntie Anne’s pretzels. But Sears closed, Penney’s is hanging by a thread, and the food court only has a handful of places to eat. Two things killed malls. One is online shopping, so malls’...

I’m kind of the opposite. Even during my years of watching (when Mr. Hooper ran the store), I really didn’t pay much attention to the street scenes. But any insert, whether it’s Muppets, cartoons, or a bus driver in Seattle, I was a happy guy. It something how some episodes were big deals back...

They do. I got Taco Bell on DoorDash a while ago, and the Dorito shell tacos are my go-to. I like the hard corn shells over the soft flour ones. Taco Bell does a decent job making Mexican food for mainstream American tastes. But there are plenty of more authentic places out there. Just like with...

No, I don’t blame you for that. But if he got the tapes, you got the money, transaction complete, you never have to deal with him again.

Don’t you have a deal worked out before money changes hands? You offer the tapes for this amount, specify this much for shipping, taxes, etc., then you know how much profit you make. If he agrees to those terms, you both have a legally binding contract you both have to abide by. If he gives you...

It’s not the most common, but broccoli and/or spinach can go on a pizza. There’s a place by me, one pizza is just spinach, cheese, and olive oil. No tomato sauce. This is actually a little more Greek influence than Italian. Alex,cucumbers get turned into pickles. There’s a brining process...

Cucumbers aren’t sour until you make them pickles. But cucumbers would either make the pizza soggy, or dry out while you bake it. But there are a lot of vegetables you can put on a pizza. Peppers, olives, mushrooms, broccoli, onions. Cucumbers, probably not, but I could be wrong.

Krispy Kreme is rare around here too. But you can’t go ten feet without finding a Dunkin’

No, there is truth to sunlight. (Not necessarily heat). Sunlight produces a hormone called Seritonin that makes people feel happy.. Vitamin D helps produce it too.

A church like that won’t last too long. 1) A pastor can call a lot of shots, but it’s hard to run a church without people to handle administrative tasks. That’s to free the pastor to concentrate on his ministry and let a treasurer balance the budget. 2) Deacons and elders are voted on by the...

The plastic surgery made him look worse. And trying to hold on to his “King of Pop” title was like chasing wind.

I felt bad for Michael Jackson. As a youngster, he had a lot of hits with his brothers in the Jackson Five. I was in high school when Thriller came out, and even though it became the biggest selling album of all time, he was never able to have a life. He was in the public eye and it never let...

The only battery I don’t want dying on me is my car battery.

There was only one scene where the witch scared me. When Dorothy sees Auntie Em in the witch’s crystal ball, Em disappears and here comes the witch. The camera zooms in, and the witch turns to us and laughs with all the evil she can muster. It only lasts a second, but that was one scary second...

I never put mayo on a grilled cheese. Butter, yes. I’m partial to toasted hamburger and hot dog buns. But you don’t toast a bun for sloppy joes. Rye bread is good for certain sandwiches, and pumpernickel is good too. But my absolute favorite is sourdough.

Happy Easter everyone. As you get older, it becomes about more than just a bunny and jelly beans. Peace on you all.

Bacon jam is kind of an Amish thing. About five years ago I was down in Lancaster, PA, and it’s a local specialty. Maybe not to everyone’s taste, but there it is. One thing they do have down there is a hot bacon salad dressing. It’s actually warm, so it doesn’t wilt the greens. I brought a few...

I did a whole term paper on this. John’s words were taken out of context. What was printed in the back pages of the London Evening Standard got distorted out of context on a teenage magazine. The comments were originally about the decline in religion in England over the past 50 years, and what...

I don’t think they’re still around, but once upon a time the best chocolate chip cookie you could find was Famous Amos. They were small and crunchy, but they tried a soft version too. These cookies were homemade. Because they didn’t have preservatives, they had a very short shelf life. But you...