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SPAM-A LOT!
Strange thing happened when I sent out last week's blog--I never received mine! Usually I hear the ping of an e-mail arriving on my phone...
koosman28
Mar 13, 20252 min read
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The Zelig Army Assembles!
Ok, now we're getting somewhere! After seeing some of your fellow readers venture into the blogging world by sending in their stories...
koosman28
Mar 6, 202514 min read
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And Following the Wedding--the Reception!
See what I did there? Last week we looked in on David McCallum's wedding from 1960's-era Valley Stream, so today we'll be looking at the...
koosman28
Feb 27, 20253 min read
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Adventures of Young Zelig
Nature or nurture? Are true Zeligs born or made? Was I predestined to spend much of my life crossing paths with famous personages from...
koosman28
Feb 20, 202516 min read
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E-L-G-L-E-S!! (And a big announcement!)
No, that first word is not a typo...for those of you who didn't hear about it, that's the way the mayor of Philadelphia spelled the name...
koosman28
Feb 13, 20254 min read
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Testing your Zelig memories...
I was mentally assembling my stories for this week, picking and choosing from the radio/ TV memory file and the personal sports library. ...
koosman28
Feb 6, 202511 min read
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"...One Drink Behind."
I know I get overly paranoid about errors I sometimes make in this blog. And after I point out those mistakes in the next column, and...
koosman28
Jan 30, 20253 min read
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The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
As fairly regular readers, you know how much I acknowledge it whenever you guys send me e-mails and comments telling me how much you...
koosman28
Jan 23, 202510 min read
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OK...Your turn!
An interesting thing happened with the last blog. I had been a little apprehensive about taking the two weeks off for the holiday (Happy...
koosman28
Jan 16, 20252 min read
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'Best' of the Blogs!
I was about ten or eleven and the Beatles were at their peak. I wasn't yet a fan of the group as my rebellious nature had me following...
koosman28
Jan 9, 202517 min read
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Season's Greetings!
And just under the deadline! I spent the last two days visiting our Connecticut branch of blog readers--thanks for the hospitality, guys!...
koosman28
Dec 26, 20244 min read
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Who is Irv Goldfarb?
This week's blog is rated DLS, due to its sexual content. Reader discretion is advised! I don't know if any of you have ever tried, but...
koosman28
Dec 19, 202419 min read
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Gettin' Kinda Sloppy
I hate typos. I sit here every Wednesday, the day before I send out the Thursday blog, and read this thing over and over again to make...
koosman28
Dec 12, 20243 min read
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Meeting the Mets--and Annoying Them Immensely!
Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! We're getting to that place in these blogs where I'm telling stories about myself rather than...
koosman28
Dec 5, 202416 min read
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Thanksgiving? Already?
I know when one starts getting up in years, time seems to fly. It's undeniable. "The weeks just melt away," a well-versed aunt said to...
koosman28
Nov 21, 20243 min read
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Capping off the Buffalo Stories
Yes, Buffalo will become extinct for the most part after this week. I'm pretty sure I'm out of tales from the Queen City, but keep in...
koosman28
Nov 14, 202416 min read
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Closing Some Tabs...
Let's get some prior business out of the way first: YES, that's Mom in her Shirley Temple outfit posted above. (I obviously didn't get...
koosman28
Nov 7, 20243 min read
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How the Sausage Was Made:
I really didn't want this to become one of those blogs where the blogger spends their time talking about him or herself. "How I Handle...
koosman28
Oct 31, 202416 min read
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My First Mistake...
Well I'm sure I've made a few others since I started this blog (like trying to talk you guys into thinking that Joan Jett had lesbian sex...
koosman28
Oct 24, 20243 min read
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You Can't Hide Your Lyin' Eyes
I've chosen that title since it's the refrain of my favorite song from one of my favorite bands. And there will indeed be some examples...
koosman28
Oct 18, 202414 min read
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