Back when I was in high school, before cell phones and the internet, I spent my days as countless children have done throughout the ages; I went over to my friend’s house and played video games. One day I happened to be over at Sleeve McZed’s place, when the phone rang. Now, cell phones had […]
Category Archives: Throwback Thursday
I Was a Door-To-Door Rollerskating Christmas Tree Salesman
I was in college. I needed money. Because college. And so I would pretty much do anything for it. I made pizzas until 3 am. I filed applications in the admissions office. I sang concerts and solos and hymns and valentine-o-grams. And once, for a few weeks in November and December, I was a door-to-door […]
That Time I Actually Thought the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man Was Coming For Me
The year: 1986. The place: Rural Vermont. The boy: Me. The event: Ghostbusters. The result: Chaos. I had been dying to see Ghostbusters for what felt like my entire life. All of my friends at school had seen it, and the marketplace was flooded with 1st grader appropriate Ghostbusting merchandise. Every book order form was […]
How I Found Out About the Baby
It was July 31st, 2006. I remember it well. I was sitting at my desk at work, chatting with my wife over gmail. My office mate was on vacation, so I had been cleaning out all of his crap that I didn’t like in the hopes that he would not notice/care when he returned, but […]
A Brief History of Selfies
This is, as far as I can discern, the first digital selfie that my wife and I ever took together. And yes, spell check, selfie is a real word now, so you can stop underlining it in red. Thanks. Now, back in the olden times, taking selfies was a lot harder than it is today. […]
My Trip to Fort McHenry – A Throwback Thursday Post By Bear
Hello everyone. It’s me. Bear. There are a lot of good stories on this blog about fun stuff that happened a long time ago, but no one is ever telling any good stories about ME! I do lots of good things too. I love to do fun things. I am going to tell you a […]
The Aftermath of Terror
For many people on this day 13 years ago, terror reigned supreme; for many of them it also ended that day. Lives were cut short in a terrible, fearsome way, and the United States of America suddenly got to deal with a reality that much of the rest of the world lives with on a […]
The Five Alarm Diaper of Easter 2007
I sure don’t miss diapers. But the sad thing about no more diapers is no more diaper stories. Like returning warriors with PTSD, parents love to swap and tell diaper stories, proudly displaying their scars like badges of honor. Luckily I still have some old stories to tell. Like, for instance, the five alarm diaper […]
Fire Drills
As this is, quite possibly, my mother’s favorite story to tell about me, I figured it was time to share it with you all. After my parents’ divorce I became responsible, at least in my own mind, for a great many things. As the oldest child of a family of latch-key kids, it fell to […]
Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee: An Origin Story
Her Majesty Elizabeth Toy Grammy the First was born on July 10th, 1954, in a humble spaceship hurtling toward Earth. It landed in a suburb of Boston, and she was found in a capsule, alone, but very talkative. Toy Grammy was taken in by a bunch of other aliens, and they all quickly blended in […]