Recently, I showed my wife a video of Rick Beato talking about the song, “Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)” by Jim Croce. Beato, whose name is pronounced bee-AH-toh, is a musician, songwriter, audio engineer, and record producer who has millions of followers on YouTube. One of the things he does is discuss what […]

Chicken Tostadas Basically an opened up taco. Anything that your family members can choose to put their own add in on is a family friendly dinner! Makes 8 Tostadas Ingredients: 8 corn tortillas or tostada shells 3 medium tomatoes, diced 4 medium avocados, diced 3 tbsp red onion, finely chopped 1/4 cup cilantro, finely chopped […]

It’s weird when a super-low-budget cult movie like 1981’s “The Evil Dead” gets a well-funded sequel. So many elements are bound to be better with a properly-paid crew of professionals, as opposed to amateurs with a scraped-together budget. The 1981 film cost $350,000, though I’d believe you if you told me it never got beyond […]

In 1887, a young woman tried to get a job as a reporter for the New York World. Her birth name was Elizabeth Cochran, but her pen name was Nellie Bly. Today, people know that Nellie Bly spent 10 days in the New York City Lunatic Asylum, working as an undercover investigative reporter. And that […]

Let me begin by saying that I did not go into “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” familiar with the source material. I certainly knew “of” the famous tabletop game and that it takes place in a world of wizards and magic, but I only knew the broadest of strokes. If more education on the […]

Greens, Orzo and Meatball Soup A variation on Italian Wedding Soup. This makes 4 main-course servings, although with kids, we find it feeds 6. Meatballs: 1 large egg 2 tablespoons water 1/4 cup plain dried breadcrumbs 12 ounces ground turkey 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese 2 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley 2 garlic cloves, minced […]

I’m not quite old enough to remember a time before shopping carts, but I did grow up in Oklahoma, where shopping carts were invented. Up until 1937, grocery stores had wooden or wire hand baskets. People bought what they could carry, then checked out. A fellow named Sylvan Goldman, who owned a chain of Humpty […]