Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle This past September I rented a car from Enterprise Rent-A-Car and drove up and down the East Coast between Washington D.C. and Boston, Massachusetts. In the eastern United States they have lots of toll roads managed by a governmental agency commonly called the Toll Authority. Some goofy politician or […]
Letter: It’s the Hap- Happiest Season of All
By David Anderson With apologies to Andy Williams. “In Las Vegas, a customer who had purchased a big-screen television at Target was shot in the leg while walking to a nearby apartment complex, KLAS-TV reported.” In Las Vegas, of all places.
Letter: Have You Seen My Car Keys?
By David Anderson What a four-legged unstressed mouse and a two-legged human on marijuana have to do with memory loss. “The human brain has roughly 100 billion neurons (basic building blocks of the nervous system) and can store about 2.5 petabytes of information.” So why can’t we remember where we put the car keys, kids, (fill in […]
Letter: Thanks for the Memories
By David Anderson Fifty years ago I was laughed off the stage. But this time was different. Woodbrook Middle School celebrated its 50th Anniversary this last week and I was invited to play my accordion like I’d done a half-century ago.
Westside Story – Word Selection
Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle My, oh my. My Starbucks friend, Sandy Mazzei, and my friend Mary Hammond both do a nice job pointing out my word selection errors in the articles I write for The Suburban Times. I will be quick to add that I appreciate their comments. I love writing. In fact […]
Letter: ‘Ho-Ho-Ho’ Already? How-How-How Can This Be?
By David Anderson Too early to be jolly? Already – and Thanksgiving is still a week away, some would say ‘in the way’ – the sounds of ‘ho-ho-ho’ are making you wonder ‘how-how-how’ can this be? For example, on the 19th of November (the 37th day of Christmas) what do you call the lowest gas prices in […]
Westside Story – Gourmet Mushrooms
Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle Finding this mushroom specimen in my yard made me want to break into the mushroom business. This jumbo volunteer mushroom magically appeared and the idea just hit me. Maybe I can get one of those government sponsored small business loans from the SBA.
Letter: Gambling Pilfers the Pockets of the Poor?
By David Anderson Pity the poor penniless gambler: thrown to the curb by the too-tight-t-shirt bouncer; doused by equal parts rain and beer; puddle-sprayed from the luxury rides of exotic Lamborghini’s, Ferrari’s and Maserati’s; drowning in remorseful tears that drip the vestiges of humanity to the grated gutter clogged with advertisements of half-naked women. OK, […]
Westside Story – Tennis Inspiration
Story, Photo & Film – Joseph Boyle My friend, Andy Gernon, and I were talking the other day. She mentioned she is giving tennis lessons to another old friend of ours, Bill Ludwig. On the face of it, there is no story to write. My reason for writing this story quickly becomes evident when I […]