A Less Happy Halloween :(

We tried to give out candy and found it a chore. Not because nobody wanted any candy, but because there were very few people out seeking candy. It seems that in Liberty, NY kids don’t trick-or-treat, at least not very much. This seems very different from when I was a kid, [...]

Happy Halloween

It’s a spooky, ookie Hal’ween
It’s the best time of the year.
My favorite holiday is here and I am ostensibly without costume–being on the road does that for you.  I do have my show costume, so I will go out and trick-or-treat.  Of course, I’m going to go out on the road and pass out candy.  [...]

Rained Out in Boston

Well, the plan was to walk around Boston: Beacon Hill, the Back Bay, North Town. Maybe picnic on the river or something. It is not to be. At the moment (9:40 am), it is pouring like the end of the world is nigh and the wind is gusting at 60 mph–very pleasant.  [...]

Haunted Houses, still the same

I never really got into haunted houses. They seem, to me anyway, one of the biggest wastes of money in the world. And, consequently, also one of the world’s most brilliant marketing successes. With very few exceptions, said houses / attractions are the same sort of predictable, un-suspensful, cheesy, claptrap. I [...]

Listen Up! This is the recipe for a caesar salad:

This isn’t really that hard, is it? I mean, a caesar salad only has four flippin’ ingredients. Why hasn’t this dawned on most of the United States? I know it’s said that our education system is failing, but it really must be in freefall. So, here we are, a PSA from [...]

Vegetarian Restaurants Anyone???

Okay. Janell’s a vegetarian, which is perfectly fine, but it makes eating difficult. Not difficult eating for me, I can eat anything. Anywhere. Okay, that’s not a challenge from some of you wise-asses. It does make eating for Janell difficult at times. Not in NYC or Boston, but in [...]

Don’t make fun of film cameras

My batteries died. No pictures for me. I thought this would be a very temporary situation, little did I know. Janell has a Cannon camera that actually uses film (yes, celluloid, strange). I’ve been poking fun at her for this since the start of the tour, little did I know.
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My nomination for worst stretch of interstate

Wow. Driving today was absolutely terrible. From my Diary of Anne Frank tour earlier this year, I have more than a handful of suggestions for New England road builders (such as: Label your *&^$ing streets). My new suggestions though should be implemented post-haste. The 110 mile trip from the Washington Bridge [...]

Why are kids fat & lazy? How ’bout this.

Reading the local paper this morning, I came across this little tidbit.
It seems that Willett Elementary School (in Attleboro, MA) has outlawed tag at recess. That’s right, no more tag! Oh, also: flag football or any other sort of contact activity. It seems that the kids may get hurt…. We wouldn’t [...]

New Jersey is the Garden State! Who knew?

We travelled through upstate New Jersey last week, Johnsonburg and the surrounding area. The region around the Delaware River is beautiful: large rolling hills, pretty trees, miles and miles of forest. There are tiny towns and picturesque houses, open farmland and river basins; it is spectacular.
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