The trolls are back in town. Not the ugly-but-somehow-cuddly Walt Disney trolls that break into song at the drop of a music cue. The only thing these trolls break into is your wallet.
Tim DeFord has one wife, nine children, and a bed he occasionally sleeps in. Dressed to the nines in his pressed suit, crisp dress shirt, impeccably-dimpled tie, and perfectly-polished shoes, de Ford is blazing a trail into history as he sells quality men's clothing from the back of his car.
Sir Timothy Berners-Lee will always be remembered as the founding father of the World Wide Web because most of us are suckers for an oh so romantic story. Even if the story is wrong.
Alan Freed contributed a great deal to integration in this country. By getting white teenagers to listen to music by black artists, he drew people together.
The George Washington Bridge is larger. The Golden Gate Bridge is more colorful. Yet no one knows how many bills of sale for the Brooklyn Bridge are lying at the bottoms of safe deposit boxes, their owners too amused, or too embarrassed, to get rid of them. Why do so many people want a bridge to Brooklyn?
My wife doesn't want me contributing to the possible resurgence of a national halitosis epidemic. Or, more likely, contributing to a resurgence that can be traced back to our address.