As a kid I loved carnivals. They were bright, flashy and noisy, and everywhere you looked there was a promise of instant gratification: eat this,…
Posts published by “Jeff Costello”
In my father's day, people who did specialized, skilled things were called engineers. He was an electronics engineer. He maintained the radar apparatus at Chincoteague…
I was going to say "extreme" right but that would have implied nazi salutes and torch marches. This is the mainstream right, which isn't that…
Elvis Presley shot the TV when Robert Goulet's face came onscreen. That's how I feel when I see Trump's phony-baloney face makeup, fake tan and…
This is the story of Shirley and Spike, as much as I know and can recall. A very odd couple from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. It…
After all the attempted thefts and failed installation of cameras and night lights - including a motion sensor that activates an obnoxious flashing light on…
Conservative writer P.J. O'Rourke, who used to butt heads with Molly Ivins on TV, came on the Tonight show once and explained right wing logic:…
The Big Red pickup truck. Bright red with huge wheels that lift it high off the road. Guy moves in next door with this monster,…
To begin with, I've been in a Walmart a total of three times, emergency only. The Waltons don't need what little money I have. Here…