This knowledge should make life easier for you and those around you. — As we go along in life, we should pick up different life skills. Those skills can help us survive different stages of life. By the time we hit 60, we’re nearing the final leg of the marathon that is our life. Hopefully, having, or acquiring these skills will help. …

Not all of them were Bad Boys. Putting together a top 10 list for the Detroit Pistons is different than putting together a similar list for other NBA teams. Scoring statistics don’t come into play as much as defense, which is harder to quantify. In some other lists of NBA…

By the top ten, I mean my favorites. During the 50s and 60s westerns were the dominant genre on TV. Some were better than others. Some of the best had extremely long runs and eventually found their way into syndication where they are still enjoyed by geezers like me till…

Luka Doncic is the new guy on the list. — In putting together a list of the top 10 Mavericks, they seem to have had a surplus of small men and been a little light on big men. Still, all in all, they had some nice players wear the Mavericks uniform over the years. This list has been revised with…

And not just by reporters. Have you ever seen a press conference where the reporters dance around the obvious questions that need to asked? Sometimes politicians, athletes or any one of a number of people are let off the hook far too easily. But sometimes we can do the same…

Some catch phrases from the show are still in vogue. A lot of great comedies popped up during the 70s. “Sanford and Son” was one of them. It was actually one of my personal favorites. Many of us seniors still remember, “This is the big one”! Or, “I’m coming to…

See if you remember any of these guys. — 1. This first baseman was a bonus baby with the Baltimore Orioles but was traded to the Washington Senators and then to the Oakland A’s. (4 points) 2. “Blue Moon” had his best seasons in Oakland. (2 points) 3. This man was a Detroit Lions head coach and later coached…

And are they really a great place to retire? In our recent journey from Florida to Oklahoma we spent the night in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. My wife noticed a sign that proclaimed Hattiesburg as a, “certified retirement city.” I wondered what the criteria was for that. I discovered a handful of…

Sometimes the esthetics are less than optimal. MLB is struggling to attract new fans. There are a number of issues the game needs to address. An increasingly boring product is one, but there is another issue at work. That issue is ballplayers are often uncouth on camera. And it goes…