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Life As We Know It with Tom Walton
A weekly series of four-minute essays from commentator Tom Walton, retired editor and vice president of the "Toledo Blade." Covering an array of topics, from the intricacies of the English language to the inspiration found within the geometry of a baseball diamond, Walton offers warm and unique insights into the world around us.
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Episodes
Happy New Year 2024 01.01.2024
New Years Day is one holiday we can keep saying to friends for weeks after January 1.
Shohei Ohtani 25.12.2023
Baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani has 700 million reasons to celebrate Christmas.
Love, The Fizblisters 18.12.2023
It’s been another tough year for Harvey and Harriet Fizblister, as their annual holiday letter points out.
Greed and Vanity 11.12.2023
Expelled Congressman George Santos has found a new way to make money: personalized videos.
Catalog Season 04.12.2023
The change of season is here, from “non-catalog season” to “catalog season.”
Early TV Game Shows 27.11.2023
Television’s best early game shows were the ones that offered an intellectual challenge.
Replacing Worn Out Clothes 20.11.2023
Women replace their clothes. Men wear their clothes forever.
Grammatical Blunders 13.11.2023
Grammarians cringe at the abuse and over-use of periods.
Marketing State Slogans 06.11.2023
Seldom do state marketing slogans show much imagination.
Politics, A Spectator Sport? 30.10.2023
Politics is a spectator sport full of one surprise after another.
Power of Humor 23.10.2023
The power of humor to deliver a serious message is undeniable.
Remembering Jimmy Buffett 16.10.2023
Jimmy Buffett’s death continues to sadden his millions of “Parrothead” fans.
Movie Theater Etiquette 09.10.2023
Americans are heading back to movie theaters, and they’re taking some familiar bad behavior with them.
Term Limits 02.10.2023
Our Constitution sets a minimum age for the president. Maybe it’s time to set a maximum age too.
National One-Hit Wonder Day 25.09.2023
Sing it with me. It’s National One-Hit Wonder Day.
Milestone Birthdays 18.09.2023
We are defined by the milestone birthdays in our lives.
Artificial Intelligence 11.09.2023
It’s official. Artificial intelligence can write better than I can.
Flying the Friendly Skies 04.09.2023
An American Airlines pilot lays down the law to his passengers: behave yourselves back there.
Internet Scams 28.08.2023
Internet scammers know all the tricks for parting you from your money.
Movie Pairings 21.08.2023
Given the success of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer,” maybe we should consider pairing other films as an odd double feature.
You Want Fries With That? 14.08.2023
A South Carolina Burger King is in big trouble for serving French fries that previous customers have left behind.
Cruise Ship or Floating City 31.07.2023
The world’s newest and largest cruise ship will soon qualify as a “floating city.”
Food in Space 24.07.2023
A NASA contest is searching for the best way to send enough food for a mission to Mars.
Age 17.07.2023
South Korea tradition ends; newborns will no longer be a year old at birth.
Macon Bacon 10.07.2023
Critics of the Macon Bacon baseball team demand it pick a new name.
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