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Their clothes were ratty and torn.  Skin blemished here and there. Some were even missing a limb. No, I didn’t grow up in a war zone. I’m talking about my childhood collection of Mego action figures.  They happily filled my childhood days, following me to my first job and still… Read more »

  When you think of Christmas desserts, one of two things come to mind: the dreaded fruitcake or the beautiful-but-not-too-yummy gingerbread house. Granted, we celebrate Chanukah, so I’ve never even tried a fruitcake. Or eggnog for that matter. As for gingerbread houses, I think they look like a lot of… Read more »

If Taco Bell taught me anything, it’s that “Change is Good.” I can certainly agree with that to some extent. But as someone who still loves the ’80s, change is not always easy to come by. Specifically, I’m talking about the world of blogging. I started Mommy’s Busy, Go Ask… Read more »

Mama Mia! Talk about an empty nest. My wife and I have gotten fairly used to being Empty Nesters during the school year, but figured we’d get both our college boys back for the summer. Not exactly this year, because our oldest son Jason spent two months of it in… Read more »

After rewatching Dune with the family at home last week, I took them all to see Dune Part 2 yesterday in the theater. We liked it but our biggest takeaway was that Dune is such an obvious ripoff of Star Wars. Like how is George Lucas not suing the pants… Read more »

It was 1989. I was sitting in a theater in Nanuet, NY with my buddy Ethan ready to watch I’m Gonna Git You Sucka. No, I wasn’t really a fan of the Wayans Brothers. Nor did I have any desire to see this comedy. Like at all. So why did… Read more »

As a kid, my Saturday mornings were filled with two things: Captain Crunch cereal and hours of cartoons. Tops among my favorites? Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends and the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon. From 1983-1985, CBS ran 27 episodes of one of the coolest cartoons ever, based on the world… Read more »

I’ve worked in marketing for roughly 20 years. But I still can’t answer the simple question of, “What is PR?” My friends and family work in PR at big agencies like Golin and Hunter. I’m still not totally clear on exactly what a PR team does. I mean, yes, it… Read more »

It’s awful. Terrible. Horrendous. That’s pretty much my initial response when people ask me, “So, what’s it like living in an empty nest now?” It’s tough enough imagining that Jason, our oldest, is a junior in college this year. But our youngest son Ryan, a freshman? Inconceivable! But here we… Read more »

I know I can’t be the only one. But I’d still wager that not many folks have had their incredibly talented spouse whip them up a Super Grover Cake for their birthday. Yeah, my beautiful wife Allison took me completely by surprise this year with my cake. It was truly… Read more »