Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle Only a dozen days and my work life will end. They call it retirement. It does not seem that long ago when I was just an 11-year-old kid in the neighborhood. That is the age when I asked my dad an important question that is on every young boy’s mind.
Lakewood
Letter: City Commercial: $20,000 Cash
By David Anderson People have to heat their homes and cook their food. Given the current economic times, we didn’t think it was wise to increase that tax. So how does spending nearly $20,000 for an infomercial reflect those valued bare-necessities?
Westside Story – The Science Guy
Story & Video – Joseph Boyle Even those who know me well are not aware that in the early 1960s an undergraduate future psychologist tested and measured my young college student brain. It was determined that I had a rare highly evolved scientific brain, much like that of Albert Einstein (b. 1879 d. 1955) or Nicolaus […]
Westside Story – Chevron News Assault
Story & Video – Joseph Boyle Yesterday I pulled into the Chevron gas station at 108th St SW and Bridgeport Way SW for the mundane, but necessary purpose of filling my gas tank. We used to call them Chevron Service Stations, because they actually provided service. Back in 1959 I started buying gas when we […]
Westside Story – Education & Robots
Story & Video – Joseph Boyle Recently in the course of my job, I interviewed a 15-year-old kid. I asked him how he was doing in school. He said, “Fine.” I had spoken to his school counselor, so I knew better. I asked a follow-up question. “Are you getting straight A’s?” His head hung down […]
Westside Story – Family Tree Madness
Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle Warning, to avoid becoming confused, do not try to read this article unless you are well-rested and able to concentrate on the printed word. If you have been drinking alcohol or smoking some of that new fangled legal weed, it is recommended that you not try to read this article. […]
Westside Story – Pencil Art
Story & Photos – Joseph Boyle I have been on the planet for almost 70 years. You give me a number 2 pencil and I have to tell you; I am lucky if I can write my name so you can read it. Not true of my Starbucks friend, Patrick Pastor. You can’t believe what Patrick […]
Westside Story – Tucci & Sons
Story & Photos – Joseph Boyle Boy oh boy, do I have a deal for my readers. Yes, indeed, two stories for the price of one. Story 1 – Tucci & Sons Company Truck. During the past couple of years there have been a number of occasions when I ran into my friend, Mike Tucci, […]
Westside Story – Great Kids
Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle We hear about kids and bad behavior all the time. Remember my article on graffiti? Well I have a “good kids” story this time. No, actually it is a “great kids” story. A nice citizen contacted Ben Sclair at the world headquarters of The Suburban Times with a story suggestion.