I have no idea why certain memories from my childhood stick out.  One such memory was when we watched the movie Gandhi during freshman year of high school in social studies class.  Social studies was always a subject I could tolerate.  I enjoyed teachers’ lectures and class discussions, but it was the retaining of the [...]

Growing up as a latch-key kid, it was quite rare that as a family we all ate together during the week.  And by latch-key kid, I mean “Upper-middle class suburban electric numerical garage code-kid.”  Not only did we not eat together, my mother barely cooked, and I somehow survived on those microwavable Budget three cheese [...]

Over the weekend my mom told me a story how she recently went into Vincent Bruce, a hair salon type place back on Long Island.  I’m telling you, she hadn’t been in there in literally 15+ years, and the same goes for me.
Seconds upon entry, the woman at the counter goes, “Hey, you look familiar. [...]

For a while now I haven’t really been much of a video game player.  I loved the original Nintendo as much as everyone, but I never got really into it all much past Sega Genesis or Super Nintendo.  (Although recently I’ve rediscovered an addiction to Tetris for the old GameBoy.)
But even back when I was a kid, I [...]

Also known as a Chipburger or a type of Ice Cream Cookie Sandwich, a Chipwich typically consists of vanilla ice cream with round chocolate chip cookies on the top and bottom.  Chocolate chips also are on the outside of the ice cream.
At least that’s how it orginally worked years ago.  Seems these days most 7-11 stores and other freezers mostly carry that bullshit [...]

Being back in NY for a few days at the home I grew up in, my mother has forced me against my will to clean out my old desk drawers.  I came across a few of those old handheld Tiger video games.  You know the ones I’m talking about.  The most notable title I found was [...]

0-9 year olds play “hide & go seek.”  Everyone (typically guys) that is age 10 or older play manhunt —- IT IS THE SAME GAME.
You’re kidding yourself if you don’t think you’re playing a little kids game.  Calling it manhunt changes nothing!
And just so you know, playing it outdoors, at night, or even with alcohol involved — it’s [...]

Not sure what exactly made me think of this, but I’ll never forget something our middle school baseball coach said to us.
Some of our games had only 1 umpire (as opposed to at least 2 or more).  There could be the slim chance that during a particular moment in the game, there might be too much for [...]

First semester freshman year at college, my schedule required me to take an academic elective.  I signed up for Polysci: State and Local Governments.  Not really completely understanding how the whole college thing works yet, I found myself at the bookstore purchasing the necessary materials for the class.  I purchased the class reader.
The semester went [...]

I don’t know the figure off the top of my head, but there’s definitely a bunch of states in this country that have the death penalty, which is the most extreme form of punishment.  If you commit a lesser crime than murder, you are subject to serving jail time — or on a lesser scale, [...]