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SANTA LETTERS
Dear Santa, My name is Liam Staggs. I am 5 years old. I have been good this year. Please bring me a tablet and a laptop and a RC car. Please bring my family a drone. Thank you Santa. Love, Liam * * * Dear Santa, My name is Tytus Staggs. I am 6 years...
SANTS LETTERS
Dear Santa, My name is Easton. I want a Miko Robot, a giant slinky, and a Transformer. Preferably Bumblebee. I also would like an outdoor playset. I can’t wait for Christmas and I can’t wait for you. Santa! I hope you have a fun and safe trip aro...
SANTA LETTERS
Dear Santa, I want a toy robot, a spy robot, green goblin, rhino, toy trucks, and a robot that stomps really loudly. I am gonna leave you some chocolate cookies and milk to drinks. Ryan * * * Dear Santa, I want a Gabby dollhouse, a RC car that goes...
SANTA LETTERS
Dear Santa, I want a new phone. Please bring me more racetracks. I want in my stocking some cards, candy and a coffee. Thank you Santa! Eli Owens * * * Dear Santa, My name is Carly. I would like a slime maker toy, a tent, make-up, ghost toy, spin cha...
SANTA LRTTERS
Dear Santa, Hi! My name is Will Chapin and I am seven years old. I’ve been a very good boy this year. Please bring me a new bike, Iphone 14, roller skates, a kite and a new TV. I will leave you milk and cookies and the reindeer some treats. Will H...
SANTA LETTERS
Dear Santa, My name is Jake Schroder. I am 4 years old. I have been very good this year. Some of the nice things I did were play with Memphis and loved mommy. My Christmas wish list is mighty pups, rider car, a surprise, and a robo car. Love, Jake *...
SANTA LETTERS
Dear Santa, I hope Billibob comes soon. I have been good this year, I think. For Christmas, I want a guitar, an iPad, and if you have those little toy reindeer, I would like one please, I will name it Peanut or Grace. I have a question for you, do...
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Tyrades! Dorm life: good, bad or ugly?
So, having earned an associate’s degree from our local community college, my son Gideon is now pursuing a bachelor’s degree in mechatronic engineering from my old alma mater. This only child who had...
Tyrades! Happy 50th Anniversary, M*A*S*H, Maude and Kung Fu
I didn’t watch all of them from the very beginning, but several significant TV shows debuted in the fall of 1972. “The Bob Newhart Show” starred Bob Newhart (who turned 93 on September 5) as psych...
Tyrades! How will you celebrate Magellan's 500th anniversary?
When does a 500th anniversary require an asterisk? If you’re a fan of trivia and myth-busting, you’ve doubtless heard umpteen repetitions of “George Washington didn’t really have wooden teeth,...
Tyrades! Princess Di: has it really been 25 years?
Believe it or not, August 31 is the 25th anniversary of the traffic accident that robbed the world of the effervescent Diana, Princess of Wales. Diana was a distant, distant cousin (my great-great...
Tyrades! Are you losing sleep over slumber parties?
“Anxious parents are no longer allowing their kids to go to slumber parties,” announced a blurb in the August 16 “New York Post.” Slumber parties are not usually one of the top subjects on my mind in...
Tyrades! Are these the good old days for reminiscing?
“Memories/Light the corners of my mind…” – as sung by Barbra Streisand. While grocery shopping with my mother in the 1970s, I enjoyed peeking at the “Golden Age” Sunday comics in “Good Old Days” mag...
Tyrades! Does your hometown stink?
According to the Washington Examiner, 2022 has handed New York City an alarming spike in citizen complaints about outdoor odors (“I hope you appreciate me doing my civic duty. It’s not easy to use a c...
Tyrades! Does your body hate you?
Trust me when I declare that I am not competing for sympathy against folks suffering from cancer, blocked arteries, diabetes or other serious ailments. I do nonetheless think that my body is out to...
Tyrades! Concerts: yea or nay?
Believe it or not, my wife and I haven’t attended a concert in nearly 25 years. (Elton John’s January 1998 appearance at Nashville Arena was our last outing.) I realize such an admission strikes a d...
Tyrades! What happened at Roswell 75 years ago?
The front page of the July 8, 1947 “Roswell (New Mexico) Daily Record” seized the American imagination with the headline “RAAF (Roswell Army Air Field) Captures Flying Saucer.” That announc...
Tyrades! Do Gallup Poll respondents have a prayer?
You’ve probably seen the screaming headlines about a Gallup survey revealing that Americans’ belief in God has hit an all-time low. I’m not here to quibble with the atheists, agnostics and alter...
Tyrades! Should "eyes up here" be enforced?
“Did you know that your rear passenger tire is a little underinflated?” I harbor a grudging appreciation for a potentially life-saving hint like that. I mean, it makes me feel like an IDIOT that I c...
Tyrades! Craving some fatherhood advice?
Wow! Will this really be my 19th Father’s Day as a father? My biggest regret is that I’ve had to learn so much the hard way. To make life easier for other fathers and prospective fathers, I’m shari...
Tyrades! Are you wild about bookazines?
Did you get your copy of “Queen Elizabeth II: Reign in Pictures” in time for Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee ceremonies? As a bookazine fanatic, I certainly did. Beg pardon? What’s a bookazine, you ask...
Tyrades! Do you have a personal catch phrase?
Hollywood makes iconic catch phrases seem easy. Whether it’s McGarrett’s “Book ‘em, Danno” or Vizzini’s “Inconceivable!” in “The Princess Bride,” we take them for granted. But there is a dismayin...
Tyrades! Do you like what you're hearing on TV?
“I can’t HEEAARR you!” – Sgt. Vincent Carter on “Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.” You may recall that -- in October of 2019-- I wrote a column denouncing the proliferation of confusing, dimly lit scenes in movie...
Tyrades! Care for some stolen random thoughts?
Honest, I’m going to write a book chockful of random thoughts someday (my more serious book about religion is already available on Amazon), but deadline pressures keep forcing me to cannibalize my i...
Tyrades! Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be brainless
Millions of young women dream of being honored on Mother’s Day. Millions of others know in their hearts that they don’t want to have children, or at least not on someone else’s timetable. Many in both...
