Someone would have done it sooner or later, but King Camp Gillette was the start of our problems, I believe. By the sheer mention of his name (no pun intended), we know that Gillette was all about razors. But first, I have to digress. This topic brings up other topics. I often hear my women […]
A hairy situation from the beginning of us Read More »
Sometimes I struggle with a topic for this thing, especially when I’m feeling tired and foggy headed. So this might be my worst blog ever. I started writing about a lot of things this time around. A history review for this date, including a 33 year old Barber’s Assistant’s Strike in Denmark / Samuel Colt
Spit spot clean. Somebody get the mop. Read More »
Her long hair sort of reminds me of a bad habit. Not that anything is wrong with her hair. It is just that she stopped cutting it when she was 5 years old, and now she is almost 35. It has grown to great lengths. I saw this in some feed, somewhere, calling her the
When you do it again. And again. And again. And Read More »
As the Beatles once said, “I read the news today. Oh boy.” Yes, that’s what I did, the first thing this morning. Typically, I read the headlines at the start of every day. Maybe I have some kind of a masochist tendency lying beneath the surface, but I don’t think that is it. I read
Headlines can be hard on the head. Look up. Read More »
Every one always talks about the new year as a time for new beginnings. This is a truth for billions of people around the world. With the flip of one single second, there comes a wave of hope, of promise, of future. Resolutions are made. Intentions. Aspirations. All when the clock struck 12. I
The place of good wishes, where we step on new land. Read More »
It is the last day of the year 2019. The last day of this decade, which I guess are called the rather unromantic, 2010s. Maybe it is just “The Tens” for the coolness factor. Here are some statistics for the past year. You have lived: 365 days or 8760 hours or 525600 minutes or 31536000
The newest year, for now. Read More »
On this date, December 30, not so long ago, in the year 1924, a guy named Edwin Hubble walked into a little meeting at the American Astronomical Society, and sat down at his table. The room was filled with lots of other science nerds, much like himself, all sitting around, chatting, smoking cigarettes, and biding
It seems a Hubble burst our bubble. Read More »
Here’s the thing. Today is Charles Goodyear’s birthday. His name gives him away, right from the go of things. Thanks to Chuck, we have good tires, of course. We also the Goodyear Blimp flying around all over the world. I have to sidebar here a moment. Most of us know that when we see
Burning rubber has new meaning for the likes of Spock. Read More »