Like everyone else, the old guy sat down and watched the Super Bowl last weekend. He did not care who won or what the latest and greatest commercial was. There was a New York team and a Boston team playing in the 42nd version, and those are not Insider’s favorites. He likes the small town… Read more »
Everything is more expensive these days than ever. And if it seems like there’s no relief in sight, that’s because there’s not. The world is becoming a very expensive place to live. The cost of everything is going up. Of course, there’s the obvious – gasoline, electric, cigarettes, cable, health insurance and taxes. Those will… Read more »
The old guy worries about the young-timers for they have to grow up and marry in a culture where they are inferior to just about everyone, particularly the ladies and the children. Insider came to this revelation while shopping the other day in his favorite grocery store. It was a sad scene on this particular… Read more »
Insider enjoys reading the weekly Classifieds pages, which are always home to some interesting items. For instance, a couple weeks back, the old guy bought an antique cash register from a lady in Berlin. Insider collects antiques and this item has a lot of history to it. Another interesting part of these weekly pages is… Read more »
A guy with a chip on his shoulder dropped by Insider’s house the other day. He heard the old guy was the world’s greatest expert on everything to do with Ocean City. He was a writer for one of the daily newspapers (disappointments) in Washington and was sent here to do a story on the… Read more »
Happy New Year! It’s perhaps the silliest greeting in the history of man. Insider was on his daily walk the other day and a neighbor shouted out across the street “Happy New Year.” It was all Insider could do not to extend his left arm and uncoil a certain finger at his idiot neighbor. Rather… Read more »
What will you be doing on New Year’s Eve? The old guy will be doing the same thing he has done for the last few years. Since he no longer drinks or does drugs, the only way he knows to celebrate is to eat. So he will have his big carton of Vanilla bean Breyer’s… Read more »
For as long as Insider can remember, he has been playing a game with himself first thing in the morning. It has a little something to do with the temperature outside and a lot to do with guessing. The old guy likes to roll around in the morning and while he’s slowly waking up he… Read more »
There really are only a few good movies out there worth watching. Some of Insider’s favorites are Citizen Kane, A Christmas Carol (the black and white), The Rules of the Game, Singin’ in the Rain, Casablanca, Gone with the Wind, Bridge on the River Kwai, Ben-Hur and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. The topics… Read more »
The mice have been real bad around Insider’s house this year. On more than one occasion, the old guy has spotted the critters darting across the kitchen floor into the pantry, which has to be like an all-you-can-eat buffet for these mice. The freeloaders have been living in the Insider’s house for the last few… Read more »