Some may be wondering about Jack, our grandson. I have to say, sometimes I see things I can hardly believe. But first, some answers: Can Jack walk? No. Can Jack crawl? No. Can Jack talk? No. How old is he, anyway? 6 months. Do you talk...

Mark Twain had a wonderful story about Uncle Lem who was under a scaffold with his dog, sick or drunk or something. An Irishman was up about the third floor with a hod of bricks. His foot slipped and down he came, bricks and all. He hit a...

The last mention I made of Kindergarten Cop started me thinking about “Ah-nold” telling the squeaker, “It’s not a tooma,” when the little boy suggests Arnold’s headache may be a tumor. We decided, when...

Bob Dylan titled his 1967 movie Don’t Look Back. When you can’t go home because a place is buried under 75 feet of dirt, this is especially true. Sometimes I live in the past. I mourn San Dimas Canyon and the redwood sided...

Kindergarten Cop was a pretty fair movie. I liked it for three reasons. First, Arnold with squeekers is amusing. Second, he makes the squeekers behave. Third, it rains in the movie. I remember watching it once just to hear the rain. It has...