I was born only a couple weeks before Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected president in 1932. He was our “great hope” to bring America out of the “Great Depression!” My earliest memories of FDR were from our family gatherings in our living room around our huge Philco radio, intently listening to the President expertly delivering [Read more…]
Opening Day is Not Far Away!
The dust has settled and the Super is over and the NBA season is approaching mid mark. It’s easy to neglect what’s going on in the world of baseball. So far, this off-season there have been some big moves, teams getting new managers or even GMs and adding extra wild card teams to the playoffs. [Read more…]
What Happened to Racquetball?
Why is every sport today for extremists — at least of the athletic variety? I just finished watching a fascinating NYTimes.com video about “wall trampolining.” If you haven’t heard yet, wall trampolining is the NEXT BIG THING in extreme sports. What is it? Well, it is a sport in which trampoliners(?) jump off a high wall, [Read more…]
A Personal Story from the Summer of 1958: In Honor of MLK
My brother, Rod, and I left Milwaukee in early summer of 1958 with New Orleans as our destination. We drove through Wisconsin and mostly due south through southern Illinois and realized that the white fields in Cairo were actually cotton fields… a most memorable sight. We decided to detour a bit and check out Memphis [Read more…]
Centenarians – 100 Years Old!
There’s good news out there – and we want to share it with you! At present, the average life expectancy for men in the USA is 75.6; for women its 80.8. Better still, over the years, life expectancy averages keep tending upwards — particularly for women. But there is room for improvement – the USA ranks [Read more…]
