Yearly Archives: 2016

Egg Cream History - The Out Of My Mind Blog — I was not so crazy about Francine. It was nothing personal. I was 10 and she was a girl, that's all. But, my mother would slip me a couple of dimes every now and then with instructions to ask Francine out for an egg cream. Which I did. I'm sure Francine and I were both in it for the egg creams.

You’ll Never Swallow This

21 Jun, 2016 in Stories tagged Food / Popular Culture by Jay Douglas

Rumpled Bed - The Out Of My Mind Blog — My therapist insists my not sleeping through the night is nothing more than a bad habit I picked up many years ago, and that it will go away once I admit that mommy isn't bringing her little precious a bottle. My wife, however, has another theory.

Bedtime Story

17 Jun, 2016 in Humor tagged Food / Relationships / Science by Jay Douglas

Helen Dettweiler Not Behind The Mic - The Out Of My Mind Blog — In 1938, the people who turned Better Crocker into a household name hoped to do the same with Helen Dettweiler by hiring her as radio's first woman baseball announcer.

She’s Not There

14 Jun, 2016 in Stories tagged Broadcasting / Popular Culture / Sports by Jay Douglas

America may be the land of the free and the home of the brave, but the welcome mat is definitely not out for our excess cheese. All 1.19 billion pounds of it (not a typo). What can we do?

In The Name Of The Cheddar

10 Jun, 2016 in Humor tagged Business / Food / Language by Jay Douglas

Good Old Pencil Sharpener — David Rees's book, “How to Sharpen Pencils,” performs a public service by restoring lost luster to a writing instrument that has as much positive connotation as a gypsy curse.

Making A Point

7 Jun, 2016 in Stories tagged Art / Popular Culture / Writing by Jay Douglas