Keep the Commercials Silly

Posted inColumns, TV

Now that the NFL has whittled the playoffs down to the final two teams, America can start to get serious about one if its greatest traditions. Super Bowl commercials.

I honestly can’t think of a more unifying part of our culture than the advertisements that fill the space between plays during the final pro football game of the season.

But the fun doesn’t just happen when the Buffalo wings come out of the oven and the beers are opened.

Super Bowl commercial season has already started, and I’m a little bothered.

All Hail the Throne

Posted inAmerica, Columns

Sometimes, I am so proud to live in this country, I get a little misty-eyed. That feeling came over me recently when we started on plans to renovate our bathrooms. Technically, our house is listed as having 1.5 bathrooms. That’s being a bit generous.

I’m not knocking our downstairs facilities because I love the setup. I just think calling a commode sitting on a raised platform in between the washer and dryer a half bath is a little fib.

Yes, our downstairs toilet is a real throne, sitting about a foot off the ground with a shower curtain around it to offer privacy. I wouldn’t trade it for the world.

I Found My Calling

Posted inColumns

Over the past week, I think I have found my true calling. I should find work as a professional juror. I have spent the last week on jury duty for the first-time ever. I had never received a notice to serve before and greeted the envelope from York with disdain when it came last month.

Now, I realize how foolish that reaction was.

I could seriously do this gig all the time. I honestly don’t know why people grumble about jury duty. Sure, the pay stinks, but the fringe benefits are fantastic.