Order from Chaos

As I prepare for the next weekend in New York, here are the answers to the quiz on the New Jersey Turnpike. If you're in Syosset on Satu...

Last week, I wrote about the Long Island Expressway. Living with it so close to home, literally, and now that my daily commute takes me on a...

Three individuals have significant milestones around this time of year. Today would have marked John Fitzgerald Kennedy's 90th birthday...

Today is Memorial Day in the USA. It is a day that we have set aside to remember our veterans and honor their sacrifice. My family and I wen...

The Brave Astronaut family are off this weekend to visit with my father. There is sure to be more cleaning (he moves in two weeks) but we a...

My weekend road trip to New York took me up and back on the New Jersey Turnpike. It's a 120 miles of toll road that I think I have paid ...

I grew up in the shadow of the Long Island Expressway . When my parents were considering buying the house, they drove over at various times ...

I was on a momentary breather this weekend and the familiar tones of the ice cream truck came down the street. If you grew up in the suburbs...

I returned home today from a weekend of packing and pitching. I put a six pack of beer out front for the garbage men this morning as I drove...

Today started around 9:00am. My father is a model builder. So that meant that packing started in the basement, as any good horror movie shou...

A phrase I am sure to be repeating many times over the course of the next three weekends. I am leaving tomorrow afternoon for New York to he...

I had two different people in the past week send me links to articles about art. The first was from a friend who is seeking to raise the le...

With those words, Bob Barker will leave television this week. After thirty-five years as host of the highest-rated daytime, and longest-runn...

My wife and I have enjoyed trips to the South with our best friends, one of who hails from Savannah, Georgia. One cannot travel to Savannah ...

A couple of random observations from the weekend. On Saturday, I had the opportunity to usher at Ford's Theatre again. Devoted readers ...

I know, I know. I promised no more hockey. As my faithful readers will note, I have given up on the hockey season, with the departure of the...

In Social Studies class back in junior high school, I remember watching a black and white film that dramatized the John F. Kennedy book, Pro...

In honor of Her Majesty Elizabeth II's visit to the colonies, I was doing some poking around and found this recipe, created for her jubi...

I had said all along the Rangers-Sabres series would only go six games. I just had the wrong team on the winning side. The Rangers went do...

Too weak to stand. Luckily, HEART can handle it I hope Statistic I like at 56 minutes: When tied 2-2, the team that wins game 5 wins the ser...