Here’s another “grandpaism.” I have no idea where this came from. My grandfather quit school just shy of finishing the 8th grade because of some wrong-headed notion (according to him). He was a plenty smart guy, but not highly educated, so this isn’t the sort…
I haven’t had SPAM in decades, but I used to eat it a lot. I bought a can last month, and finally opened it. How SPAM Has Changed I remember the block of meat glopping out, coated with translucent glop like the juice that congeals…
Today is another twofer, courtesy of my late, great mother. Kids are question machines, and sometimes moms don’t have answers. So sometimes I would ask a question, and Mom would say: Beats me, Lieutenant. Where she got that, I do not know. She was never…
