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Tribute to a Friend I Never Met – Tom Magliozzi

November 4, 2014September 29, 2018 B. John 359 Views 0 Comments Car Talk, fun, Goodbye, laughter, Ray Magliozzi, Tom Magliozzi

One of the hosts of perhaps the funniest show on any medium, Tom Magliozzi, of Car Talk on National Public Radio (NPR) died earlier this week from complications associate with Alzheimer’s Disease. I was fortunate to come across National Public Radio very many years ago, somewhere around the early ’80s. Tom and his brother Ray had done a car repair call in show on the Boston NPR station for about 10 years, and then I first them as they started doing a brief regular segment on NPR’s Weekend Edition each week. The show went on NPR nationally in 1987 and was on Saturday mornings.

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Fun For Friday

August 27, 2010September 29, 2018 187 Views 0 Comments Air Travel, fun, juggling, Pentagon, Travel, United Airlines

Work has been hectic, and I had to work all last weekend. I was traveling this week to Washington, D.C., and had an interesting meeting there at the Pentagon. But now, here’s something to watch that is just plain fun.

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No More Pick Up Wiffle Ball in Greenwich, CT

July 10, 2008August 10, 2015 281 Views 0 Comments CT, fun, Greenwich, Kids, Lin Lavery, Liz Pate, Summer, Wiffle Ball

Just up the road from Greenwich is Fairfield where Wiffle Ball was invented. Across many summers, kids found vacant lots, and turned them into baseball diamonds and whiled away the days. But apparently in Greenwich, Liz Pate, who’s building a new house, wants peace and quiet when she gets home at 6pm. So, after some kids in Greenwich cleared a vacant and overgrown city lot to play a little wiffle ball, here came Liz and a bunch of adults to spoil the fun.

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Happy 4th Anniversary to Deep Sand

May 24, 2008 B. John 243 Views 1 Comment 2004, Anniversary, Culture, Deep Something, elections, Family, fun, May 24, Movies, Politics

It’s hard to believe, but Deep Sand debuted on May 24, 2004. I can’t believe I’ve maintained this blog for that long. Lot’s of blogs out there have been abandoned over the years. Here’s to the last four years of blogging on Deep Sand, here’s to the unbelievable team of developers and the open source community that make WordPress and unbelievable software platform, and here’s to four more years of raising hell.

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A Fare Fair Weekend

February 20, 2006September 29, 2018 B. John 206 Views Birthdays, Family, Food, Friends, fun, Movies, State Fair, Tampa, Weekend

While I posted movie reviews (Date Movie, The Pink Panther), there has not been much else posted lately. I had a pretty bad couple of days related to work and my profession at the end of last week. I have also been busy with work, and the social calendar has been pretty full.

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Can One Literally Die From Laughter?

November 17, 2005September 29, 2018 B. John 333 Views cardiac, cardio, death, die, dying, fun, Humor, laughing, laughter, medicine

It’s certainly possible to die while laughing — probably by choking on something. But I was unable to find any documented evidence of someone literally “laughing to death.”

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Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle

July 22, 2004 B. John 295 Views Adventure, fun

Buttoned up Harold and laidback Kumar are stoners who want to get food at a White Castle Burgers joint, which becomes a perilous journey full of strange obstacles.