The Bob Angle

I’m sure that you’ve all heard of shrinkflation.

I’m sure that most of you – at least those of a certain vintage – are familiar with the 1960s television series Gilligan’s Island.

Back in 2018, I wrote a blog post called Sometimes You’re the Predator, and Sometimes You’re the Prey.

A while ago, I visited my local library, and as I was perusing the book collection, I overheard a lady standing at the checkout desk, casually chatting with the librarian.

Back in 1972, Carly Simon released the song You’re So Vain.

Each year, during the first week of January, I see dozens of variations of this meme on social media.

You’ve probably noticed that some rock and pop songs contain the words “la la”, which I’ve always assumed was a placeholder, indicating that the songwriter or lyricist was still trying to come up with just the right words for that part of the song.

Disclaimer: This blog post is a decidedly tongue-in-cheek look at traditional Christmas carol lyrics.

If you had told me, when I was a teenager, that some things take us 40-50 years to learn, I wouldn’t have believed you.

A few weeks ago, I was scrolling through my Facebook feed, and I stumbled across something from one of my friends that caught my eye.