In 1989 Tom Petty released Full Moon Fever. This was still in the transition days from cassettes to CDs. Albums still existed, but they were sliding fast. Mr Petty acknowledged this change with

There is an entire generation who uses the word “like” as an interrupt word similar to um and uh. Speakers train themselves to pause instead of using these words. My daughter was saying

While snorkeling in Belize I got water in my ears. It took a few days to clear, and I knew that was a signal that something was not right. I also continued to

I thought this was pink wine for bros. It turns out to be a combination between beer and rose. I don’t know which is worse.

The calendar says that it’s winter and so do the bare branches. All the dead leaves have even been cleaned up from the yard. But there is one last leaf still hanging