Danny Tyree

Remember the good old days when the biggest Halloween decorating controversy was whether the outdoor display should be erected before or after noon on October 30? Well, this year a...

“Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine.” – Humphrey Bogart in “Casablanca.” I am perturbed by the recent rash of...

Unless you’ve been living in a van down by the river, you’ve doubtless endured a “Saturday Night Live” PR blitz over the past year. First came the October 2024 movie...

Will “put a ring on it” be replaced with “put a surge protector on it”? According to the New York Post, a growing number of affection-starved young women are dating...

“I’ve looked at life from MY side now…” I can imagine Joni Mitchell singing those modified lyrics every time I encounter one of today’s most grating phrases. The phrase: “my...

“And if it comes back the very next day, well, then I’ll go bankrupt…” – apologies to Elvis. It started with “wardrobing.” Unscrupulous shoppers would buy expensive outfits for a...

“Here’s a novel idea: read more fiction,” blared the headline of a recent Wall Street Journal article by Gerard Baker. (The less said about that other Journal headline, “Here’s a...

“Wouldn’t miss it for the world.” “Let me check my calendar.” “Meh.” “You mean I still haven’t outlived all those #@%& low-lifes?” As you doubtless know, those are the four...

“Hear that lonesome whippoorwill/ He sounds too blue to fly/ The midnight train is whining low…” – Hank Williams Among the books I mean to get around to reading is...

Pay no attention to the seemingly frozen clock in sixth-period trigonometry class. Time is moving way too swiftly. My son graduated from high school four years ago, and I have...