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The dictionary defines a curse as a solemn utterance intended to invoke a supernatural power to inflict harm or punishment on someone or something. Bobby Layne played professional football for 15 years. He became a Detroit Lion in 1950.He played quarterback for the Lions for 8 years. He led Detroit to three NFL championships in the 1950's. This was the pre-Super Bowl era. Bobby led the Lions to the 1957 championship. It was the last time the Detroit Lions played in or won a c

The year 2025 is winding down and it has been six months since I started writing this blog. Thank You for reading my essays. I hope you have found them interesting and entertaining. I have tried to share my memories. I have also shared my thoughts and observations on various topics. Again, I hope you like what I have written. I look forward to writing more essays in 2026 and hope that everyone will continue to follow me in the new year. In addition, please tell people you kno

There is a lot to watch on "You Tube". I watch it quite a bit. Lately I have been watching and listening to a lot of music. I have started listening to a lot of music by popular performers from a gone by era. Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Andy Williams, Tony Bennett among many others. Two that I have watched and listened to lately that I may not have appreciated as much many years ago are Perry Como and Dean Martin. Perry Como was born in 1912. He quit school at fourteen and

What is the news? I Googled the question. News is information about recent events or happenings. Especially as reported by means of newspapers, websites. radio, television, I-phone, and others. I am thinking about news this morning because I just returned from the gym. They have several televisions on the wall that you can watch while exercising. This morning two of the T.V. sets were showing a couple of nationally televised morning shows broadcast from New York City. The set

The planet earth is about 4.5 billion years old. This has been determined by people who know about these things. They have come to this conclusion by methods like Radiometric Dating of rocks and meteorites. [I do not have any idea what this means.} I think we can be pretty sure we live on a very old planet. A lot can change in over 4 billion years. One of the things that probably changed is the weather or climate whichever you prefer. To my knowledge there has not been any hu

The first Thanksgiving is believed to have taken place November 1621. My first Thanksgiving was slightly later. I think most people enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday. Thanksgiving is a day that all people can enjoy and celebrate. The day has parades, football and turkey. It kicks off the holiday season. The day says another year is winding down. The new year is on the way and everyone hopes it will bring good things. In the 1950's I remember my father taking me downtown for the

I am having dinner recently with a couple of neighbors. We are about the same age and grew up in the same parts of Detroit. We begin to talk about the movie theatres we went to as kids. The first one we remember attending when we were very young in the early 1950's was The Dexter Theater. The show was located at 11618 Dexter Detroit, Michigan. The theater was opened in 1926. It had 1226 seats. I remember seeing The Creature From The Black Lagoon on a Saturday afternoon. It wa

Daylight savings time. We turned the clocks back one hour this past weekend. This was an idea that started in the late 1890's. Someone decided this would save fuel and that people would enjoy an extra hour of sunlight certain times of the year. Move the clocks ahead in the spring and move them back one hour in the fall. Surveys show that most people find the time change annoying and tiring. People don't seem to care about the benefits of time change and would like to see it e

The notice on the door says The Regal UA Commerce Township has closed permanently. The theatre opened in 1998. Twenty-seven years ago. It actually seemed longer to me. It was a very nice venue in a good location. Fourteen screens and six box offices. For a number of years there were long lines on the weekend at those box offices. On a Saturday I would actually go and buy tickets in the early afternoon to avoid the lines in the evening or the picture being sold out. Movies the

Highway patrol was a syndicated action crime drama on television. The show originally aired from 1955 to 1959. During those years 156 episodes were made. It was one of the most popular syndicated series in television history. A syndicated T.V. series is a program that is developed by an independent production company. The program is than sold to multiple television stations everywhere. It is not tied to a specific network or a time it will be shown. Highway Patrol starred Bro

I remember attending my first Detroit Tiger game in the early 1950's. In the mid 1950's I went to my first Detroit Lions game. Both the Tigers and the Lions played at Briggs Stadium at the time. The name was changed to Tiger Stadium in the early 1960's. Bobby Layne a very popular player in the 1950's was the Lion's quarterback. Most home games were not shown on local T.V. in those days. The theory was if you showed the game on television people would not buy tickets and go to

I started my blog three months ago. I thought it would be a good time to share a little about myself and what led me to build this blog....

When I was young, I would go to a barber shop to have my haircut. A row of chairs would be lined up against the wall. Usually, some...

I just saw an old ad for Vernor's Ginger Ale in a book I have. Vernors was invented by James Vernor in Detroit Michigan in 1866....

I am looking through a book given to me as a gift recently. The name of the book is " Fading ads of Detroit. It was written in 2018. The...