My friend Bill Pederson had an enormous tree fort in his back yard. Well, it wasn't exactly a tree fort -- it was more of a ground fort that extended into a tree. Bill's parents were both school teachers

Stimulating conversations with members of the general public: That's what "Is Bob There?" is all about. This was recorded around 1983. I was a teenager with too much time on my hands. These were

To close out my participation in the Seven Day Beer Challenge, I now summarize my research. These are the seven beers I reviewed: Here they are with their size proportionate to my rating: Naughty Neighbour:

The Beer The Finish Line at last! To complete the Seven Day Beer Challenge, I bring you Goose Honkers Ale. I was drawn to this beer by the name and the flashy red can. To me, this looked like another Canadian

The Beer Day 6. It has been fun, but I'd be lying if I pretended this challenge has not turned into drudgery. When it's over, I'm going to celebrate by having a beer and NOT writing a post. Today's beer

The Beer All you farmers out there are going to be happy. Today I'll be test-driving Beau's Lug-Tread. Tractors seem to be the theme with this beer. For you city-folk, a lug-tread is the distinctive tread

The Beer Day 4 already? I think I should be in the 30 Day Beer Challenge. Today I bring you Half Bastard Stout. This is another brew by Nickel Brook Brewing Co. Wow, talk about froth! This picture was

The Beer Day 3 and I am still thirsty. Today's candidate is Pompous Ass. It's an English Ale. The IBU is 25 -- not hoppy enough for my taste, but I'll keep an open mind. ABV is 4.2% -- Yes! This is right

The Beer My next entry in the challenge is Farmer's Daughter. It's a blonde ale. I was looking for another click-bait beer. I think I might have nailed it again. With an IBU of 22, it's "Not Too

The Beer To kick off my week of compulsory beer drinking, I bring you Naughty Neighbour, which I think is beer click-bait (at least I'm hoping). I am at a loss to explain why on a shelf of maybe 50 brands,

There were 33 events. It was all over in 7 minutes. The Backyard Games were held in my backyard on September 3, 2016. In the weeks leading up to the games my family thought I had gone mad. Earlier in the

Barack Obama's favourite gum is Thrills. And although he will never admit it, Thrills is Donald Trump's preferred tweeting gum. The list of famous (and infamous) people who love this gum is long. It includes

Elon Musk, Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos, and NASA should all pay attention to this post. It contains important information on space travel. The Space Travel Kit (STK) first appeared under Christmas trees

VertiBird was a toy helicopter manufactured by Mattel for 10 years starting in 1971. The helicopter was connected to the end of a 21 inch arm with a central base station on the other end of the arm. The

"Command a dangerous five-stage battle in the enemy's treacherous Space City". That is your mission in the epic Radio Shack game Space Crusher. This game was made by Epoch, but a version of it

The Kodak Handle first appeared in 1977. In some countries it was called the Kodak EK2. Photo by Terri Monahan (CC BY-SA 2.0) via Flickr found here Kodak had entered the instant film market in 1976 in

Ernie and Bert made their debut in the Sesame Street pilot episode on November 10, 1969. Ernie is the fun-loving, outgoing, happy-go-lucky member of the duo. Bert, on the other hand, tends to be grumpy

Mattel Electronic Baseball was first available in 1978. An updated version was released around 1979. The 1979 version was smaller and had some other minor differences. By today's standards, the gameplay

Blip "The Digital Game from Tomy" first appeared in 1977. The game was similar to the familiar Pong video game from the early 1970s. Despite being called "The Digital Game", there was

Electronic Quarterback was an electronic game manufactured by Coleco starting in 1978. It was also sold by Sears under the name Electronic Touchdown. Electronic Quartback was apparently Coleco's answer