Amusement – Chuck the Blogger Guy

Overnight listening

Do I have a hobby? If you want to call it that. My hobby goes way back long before the internet. Long long before Apps that play a gazillion radio stations on my iPhone around the world. Long before ‘Tune-in Radio.’ When we had moved from Hawaii in 1974 back to the mainland it hasContinue reading “Overnight listening”

I’m here to see the mouse.

The place to find fantasy fun and fairytales. When you first drive into the humongous parking lot at Disneyland, you pass under the elevated monorail and immediately you are directed by an army of white nosed parking directors pointing this way and that. All cars follow each other and park neatly in a rowContinue reading “I’m here to see the mouse.”

Turn me on, Phil

They called it a Philco cathedral radio. A wooden table top model about two feet tall with scrolling cut outs over the five-inch speaker and it weighed about 25-pounds. It was called such because of its arching top something like a church cathedral. Below was an analog dial pointing from 550 kilohertz’s to 1550Continue reading “Turn me on, Phil”

Where do you get all those Ping Pong balls?

The Captain’s curse. Not sure if you notice these things but the CBS Morning Show has almost always rated last for early morning news and interview shows. The Today Show and Good Morning America has flipped back and forth in the number one and two spots. CBS has been a distant third with lowContinue reading “Where do you get all those Ping Pong balls?”

Follow the bouncing ball.

Watching and watching. Way back when our youngest daughter-40 was only youngest daughter-3 Sheba(aka spouse) and I took youngest daughter to the science museum in Boston. This was back when Sheba was in grad school at Simmons College 1986. When you enter the main lobby of the science museum there was a large squareContinue reading “Follow the bouncing ball.”

Look at that little ball go.

Where is sleeping beauty’s castle?

Disneyland is my place. I grew up with Disneyland going back to the old Disneyland TV show hosted by Disney himself. I visited Disneyland the first week it was opened. I witnessed Disneyland changing and becoming bigger and better after numerous visits I know the place. I love the place. I have not visited DisneyworldContinue reading “Where is sleeping beauty’s castle?”

A one word vocabulary.

Awesome. Pardon my sarcastic judgement but I am often amused when eating out at some restaurants. It is almost entertaining when some female waitperson serve our table. It seems like most female servers wait on our table they speak with a little girl tone, I would guess, a full octave above their normal speakingContinue reading “A one word vocabulary.”

Oh nuts with a White Christmas.

I’m dreaming of a somewhat hazy Christmas. Just like the ones I use to know. Just like in my little village of Los Angeles. Busy with people and cars honking, crowded shopping malls, difficulty finding a parking space, and a red-kettled bell ringer at every mall entrance. Not to mention a light shroud ofContinue reading “Oh nuts with a White Christmas.”

When in doubt, jump in the pool.

Summer 1960. My irascible aunt Elsie and I finally arrived in Wilson, Oklahoma. Elsie went on to her cousins and I checked in at my Grandmothers. Never the less, After arriving at my grandmother’s house in Wilson and all we dozens of cousins were settled in, we were assigned our sleeping spot. My cousin JackyContinue reading “When in doubt, jump in the pool.”