Huh? What's Up With That?

oddities, observations, & ?'s...#8             It is hard to imagine there is one single person in America who doesn't believe there have been social injustices in our country.  The notion that an individual can rewrite history to his or her specifications and then advance those thoughts as factual is (choose one) a. crazy  b.  farcical  c.  laughable  d.  a, b, and c   It would be a tough job to be a Social Studies teacher in Florida or any number of other states.   A week or so ago, I placed a merchandise order (in person) with a sales rep at my second Encore Performance. The order included Little Tree Air Fresheners.   Five days later, I received a text message on my personal phone from Amazon promoting Little Tree Air Fresheners.      HUH ?  What's up with that ?   I can’t imagine there are many Police Pursuit Vehicle Dealerships in the country, but, Salem, Indi...

  more memories...#5                             This is not the first time traveling after retirement has been mentioned in one of my posts.  In fact, unofficially, retirees wanting to see and hear the sites and sounds of far away places is the initial thought of the majority of people I interview.  At the least, it is the favorite activity most people would like to be able to afford to do.    For most of us, our travel desires during working years are restricted to predictable annual domestic vacations.  Spring Break  and Fall Break  here in Louisville, Kentucky, will usually find vacationing families headed for Destin or Pensacola, Florida.     I am reminded of a young lady during my Encore Performance .  She was a senior by the name of Avery Jackson.     She and I and another student were in my office two or three days before this par...

gotta be up to date...                                                             I have used an antiquated word, phrase or saying and realized only after it was met with a blank look or shake of the head that my uttering was from yesteryear.   There has also been a time or two when a wide open gaping stare has come my way because of a perceived verbal faux pas.   HUH ?  What's up with that ?    Teenagers can make an older person feel as though he or she is part of a vast criminal enterprise.  They will laugh if you ask how a friend is doing and you use the wrong name to identify that person.     Be careful when dredging up a shared memory because every minute detail had better be accurately reconstructed.     It is the same with words, phrases, and sayings.  If a teen ...

  we  say the darndest things...                     The late radio and television host, Art Linkletter, created and hosted a radio program in 1945 called, House Party.  A portion or segment of House Party was named,  Kids Say the Darndest Things.  A television adaption of  Kids... .aired from 1952 to 1969.     The television version of Kids Say the Darndest Things highlighted young children on stage sitting in chairs, side by side.  Mr. Linkletter would interview his guests individually and most times get comical, off beat, off the wall, or, philosophical answers to mundane as well as pointed questions.    Choose any day of the week, any time, any place, and it is not just kids who say the darndest things.     In a previous blog titled, anytime you deal with the...,  I highlighted several conversations with customers which took place during my partt...

job$ somebody's gotta do...                                                                             job$ somebody's gotta do is a tribute to the late Indianapolis broadcaster, Jim Gerard, and his 1960s radio feature,  Sounds of the City,  heard weekly on WFBM-AM.  The host interviewed people with jobs that not many other people held, such as a jackhammer or crane operator, or, a language interpreter.    As a teenager, I was intrigued.  The concept, the questions, the answers, it was all great stuff to me.      In today's world, Sounds of the City would be found on   a podcast.   Just like its model from over 60 years ago,  job$ somebody's gotta do,  highlights men and women with unusual or unique jobs or careers.  ...

  oddities, observations & ?s #7                            Last spring, we took a day trip to Frankfort, Kentucky, a city with a rich and colorful history, lots of ongoing political intrigue, and surrounded geographically by a hill-and-valley type landscape.    Speaking of landscape, we came upon a plant and flower nursery while in the state capitol that we thought was unique.    Wilson Nursery is located on a state road called the East-West Connector Highway  and  is situated on a hillside about two blocks long and a block and a half wide. A full service restaurant is at the crest of the hill and the rest of the nursery slopes downward from the eatery.  The layout was like a water slide.      I seated myself on the back deck of the restaurant at a table for four under a huge canopy that shielded diners from the sun.  A glass of iced tea was all I needed...

  put 'em in a salad, put 'em in a stew...                                   guy clark, 1981                                                                       I am hard pressed to come up with any person I admire more than those who can grow homegrown tomatoes in the summer.     Part of the reason for this outright adulation is because after many, many, futile warm seasons, I finally gave up all gardening pretenses.  Acknowledging there are those who are superior in the skills of gardening allowed me to move on to other pursuits.     HUH ?  What's up with that ?    It is such a delight to eat a slice of a homegrown tomato on a fried egg sandwich, or, when placed on top of b...