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For Your TBR Stack (Aug 5, 2025)

For Your TBR Stack (Aug 5, 2025)

This week’s suggestions include the FBI looking for crooks at McDonalds, the inside story of the making of a classic rock album, and the untold story of the true relationship between Elvis Presley and his misunderstood manager Col. Tom Parker. And, Khadijah Queen exposes life at sea as a

Prologue / The Sperm Hits Egg

Prologue / The Sperm Hits Egg

Ike Turner wasn’t sure about the crazy white man on the other side of the glass. He sat on his piano stool, a lit Chesterfield loose between his long fingers, and studied the crazy white man, Sam Phillips, as he flailed around the control room, spooling tape from reel

Baseball Doesn't Love Me Back

Baseball Doesn't Love Me Back

When I was ten-years-old, just after the dinosaurs had disappeared, it was still a normal thing in the summer for neighborhood kids to get together and play baseball. The neighbors directly across the street from my boyhood home had two sons around my age, and, more importantly, a large enough

NO TUNA. CHEESEBURGER?

NO TUNA. CHEESEBURGER?

I am not a foodie; not even close. But living on the road as I do, I no longer have a kitchen of my own, so I eat out a lot. And I have noticed some new trends in restaurants that I do not like very much. I say these

Bison & Cougars & Bears! (And Lies)

Bison & Cougars & Bears! (And Lies)

You may have seen the picture. The road leading away from Yellowstone National Park is impassable, crowded with grizzly bears fleeing the area. Accompanying the picture is an explanation that park officials believe that "they know something we don't," suggesting the imminent eruption of the supervolcano

The Man Who Made The West Wild

The Man Who Made The West Wild

149 years ago, on August 2nd, 1876, Jack McCall walked into Nuttal & Mann's Saloon No. 10 in Deadwood, drew his Colt Single Action, yelled "Damn you! Take that!", and shot James Butler Hickok in the back of the head. Wild Bill was dead before he

See ‘Em While You Can

See ‘Em While You Can

I was around twelve when Elvis passed. While young, I had several older cousins who were huge fans of the guy and remember the profound shock many experienced. I’d seen more than a few of his movies and heard the hits so often the shock was real for me,