On this day in 1983, the final episode of M*A*S*H aired, becoming the most-watched television episode in U.S. history. The  2½ hour program, entitled “Goodbye, Farewell and Amen,” drew in […]

On this day in 1900, the Bayer Company patented acetylsalicylic acid, which the world came to know as aspirin. The invention of this wonder drug actually occurred 47 years earlier […]

On this day in 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from Elba, an island off the northwestern coast of Italy. Exiled there in May 1814, the French emperor was permitted to retain […]

“This could be the beginning of the end for the human race! For what men first thought were meteors or the often-ridiculed flying saucers are, in reality, the flaming vanguard […]

A few days ago – at the ungodly hour of 4:15 am – I woke up. It wasn’t to go to the bathroom, although at my age, you couldn’t be […]

I’ve lost my gym membership card again. This is, like, the  87th time. I’ve looked for it everywhere – under my car seats, on my office desk, in the pockets […]

The first time I saw it, I fell in love with the Boar’s Head and Yule Log Festival at University Christian Church in Ft. Worth, TX. It’s a Renaissance-style worship service with […]

I’ve been fascinated with science since I was a kid. I remember playing with a chemistry kit I received as a birthday gift and, to this day, I’m shocked I […]

I love the holidays and used to get a little sad when they ended. Now I look to them finishing up with joy. Oh, I still love Christmas, but I […]

One recent morning, my wife and I were put on “PaPa and Mimi” duty while my daughter ran some errands. Our granddaughter, Charlie, would not go down for her morning […]