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Maybe thirty years have changed my perspective. College was supposed to be the final step to prepare you for the demands of the adult world. It meant hard work, discipline, and sometimes cutthroat competition to land that plum job at a big company. Once you were hired at IBM, Merrill Lynch, or...

I have a special place in my heart for sitcoms made in the year 1965-66, when the networks switched from black and white to color. When shows remade their opening credits, and the banner "IN COLOR" was a huge selling point. Gilligan's Island, Beverly Hillbillies, Jeannie, jump in anytime, Snowthy...

There is just one professor, I had one semester for two different classes. If I knew then what a complete nightmare he would've been, I'd taken somebody else's class instead of his. But apart from that, there's not much else I would've changed. Very happy with my four years of college, very...

Rude people suck.

Once upon a time TruTV had a long running series of "World's Dumbest Crooks". Even better than pantyhose, one guy tried robbing a liquor store, hiding behind a little tree branch. Better still, is when robbers post on Facebook "Look at this house at 1500 Park Avenue I broke into!!!" Dumb crooks...

I didn't even know Northern Calloway died until almost ten years later. I accepted the storyline, moving to Grandma's farm (all throughout the 70's David was studying to be a lawyer. A New York lawyer turns farmer? Green Acres, anyone?) But his character had been phasing out for a while. One...

There are very few scenes that are hard for me to watch, with one exception. Mr. Hooper's death. I was there when Sesame was brand-new. I grew up with Mr. Hooper. I was 14 when Will Lee actually died, 15 when they showed the Sesame special, Thanksgiving Day, 1983. Seen it countless times since...

Holy crap, hit over 2,000 posts. Only took 13 years. Better slow down. I know I'll never be in the same league as Snowthy, Sarge, or Drtooth who used to eat 2,000 posts for breakfast. But each post I always tried to put as much thought into as possible, instead of posting for posts' sake. And...

I remember when classic Sesame clips on YouTube were brand new. Summer 2006. First there was about twenty, then a hundred, then the floodgates opened. A number have been deleted or reposted for one reason or another- mostly copyright hassles, but I'm still glad for what's out there. Whenever...

Trying to find people to replicate the voices of characters created by Jim, Frank, Jerry, etc., is such a tall order. It was deemed necessary for Steve to fill Jim's shoes as Kermit, and others to replace Frank and Jerry (sounds like a good name for a cereal, doesn't it? Frankenjerry!) but...

The worst side effect I had from drinking was "The spins". It doesn't happen to everybody, but you lie down on the bed and the room is spinning at a dizzying speed. The only way to stop it is sleep with one foot on the floor. That's your anchor. Again, just like with drugs, beer was usually the...

I'll even admit more. Throughout my college career, beer and pot were a constant presence. But I didn't let it interfere with my studies. Still hit the books, still made the Dean's List, still graduated with honors, was vice president of a business honor society, so I studied as hard as I...

How my generation got through college without phones is something. Most of us made it through without hats as well.8)

Fortune cookies have as much credibility has a Magic 8-ball. Or a wishing well. Or the custom of making a wish and throwing two coins in a fountain. Some descendant of P.T. Barnum goes in and picks up the coins every so often, probably laughing his a$$ off."SUCKERS!!!"

Yes, I smoked my share of weed- and I inhaled. Part peer pressure, part curiosity, part I'm in college, now's the time to try it. It lasted into my 20's, it was part and parcel of playing in bands that were heavily influenced by the Grateful Dead, Hendrix, Pink Floyd, etc. Sometimes it was good...

I had the munchies back in my college days, thanks to those... herbal cigarettes (thankfully legal in some states now) 8).

High-pressure shower heads.

Dogs can burp too. Hang around humans, they pick up all the bad habits.

I took mac and cheese up a notch. Using elbow mac and real cheese (orange powder does NOT equal cheese) aged cheddar, Gruyere, Fontina (all three melt well), add diced bacon, broccoli, ranch dressing, layer it in a baking pan, crumble Ritz crackers or bread crumbs on top, stick it under a 500...

Actually, my brother in law shed some light on how texting got to be such a big deal. (My brother in law graduated from Stevens Institute of Technology, so he has seen the full evolution of this stuff). Texting was introduced and promoted by the phone companies, because it only took up 1/15 of...