The Word Salad with Ron Forstrom

Coming soon: I'm adding Bonus material to the Word Salad. One of upcoming additions will be my weekly review of my Fantasy football league, my team, the results, the standings and where I think my team stands going into the next week of games. Join me while I break down my team's highs and lows week after week.

One of my goals when I started this podcast was to be consistent. I think 50 episodes made when the average podcast ends at 8 is an achievement. But the first 50 were just the warm up. The next era of the show begins with 51. So join me in my recap of the first 50 and what ideas I have in mind for the episodes to come.

Vacations are a fantastic and potentially stressing time. Not only do you sometimes spend too much money but you wind up needing a vacation after the vacation. I'm a firm believer that we need to spend more time taking care of ourselves and the benefits of vacation time can often be overlooked by unintended pressures.

It's the graduation season yet again and for the first time since I graduated I've had the luxury of seeing just how much differently it is today then it was in the early 1990's. From the everyday life we once lived to caps and gowns, speeches, length of the ceremony and yes, even participation trophies.

I always wanted to have a pool, but I thought it was out of my price range. Once I realized I could do it for an affordable price, I set out to make it happen. Little did I know at the time, just how much maintenance and research I would have to do just to keep it functioning properly. This is the story of a little swimming pool and my adventures in the making it a reality.

Welcome to NH in the spring! The green I am referring to is not the wonderful grass and leaves that we see, but the green tree pollen of doom! So many of us are affected in some way by the tiny pellets of destruction that it requires some form of OTC medication for us just to be able to function, especially in the summer months that we've waited all winter for.

We use it all the time. We write the address on the outside of a letter or package, put it in the mail and it just gets to where it needs to be(most times). But what is the Zip code? What is it's purpose and how did it come to be? Well in today's episode I'll discuss just that.

Video games have evolved from chessboards to pinball games, Atari to playstation and the ever popular phone apps. But what used to be a simple pay to play system, whether it's putting a quarter into a machine or buying a cartridge/disc, is now more about how much money can these gaming companies get out of you. The latest "scam" is that if you play a game, they'll give you free money. But what is...

Movie biopics are all the rage today, but they've been around for quite some time. In this episode I'll let you in on a bunch of my personal favorites and the near future of the Biopic movie.

Rock and roll may never die, but the way musicians are, you have to ask the question of what it is that drives them to their deaths. This episode I bring to light questions that we all face when we get older and why does it seem that the famous personalities keep going long after retirement age.

So much can be said about this holiday. In my first official episode related to the subject, I'll talk about my earliest experiences with the Memorial Day Holiday as well as my most memorable.

More of what I consider the unwritten rules of the road, or are they actually in writing somewhere?

We were told the Patriots, Celtics and Bruins would all be rebuilding.. yet they surpassed all expectations! Each made the playoffs and each dropped the ball and our spirits.. and let's not even talk about the Red Sox, because it's shaping up to be a very long and painful Boston sports summer.

We have rules. We have laws. We also have expectations, or the unwritten rules about driving. Every day I'm out there, I see more and more people who seemingly do not care about how they are driving and my concern about this is the potential for disaster.

NH has a wide variety of animals. Whether birds, reptiles, mammals and yes, even insects. But what once seemed like a good idea to allow populations of certain animals thrive, could they be bringing in more problems to our communities?

It's a thing, really! May the fourth is officially "Star Wars Day". In this episode, I'm going to talk a little bit about the Star Wars franchise, with this one targeting the 9 movies in the "Skywalker Saga".

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has made it's choices for the 2026 class that will be inducted in November 2026. I'll go over the 8 bands chosen as well as 10 other special inductees.

It's not often the 4 Big Boston teams have a lot to talk about at the same time, but this week there certainly was. A recap of the week in Boston Sports.

Inflation has been kicking us all in the teeth for years now. The cost of living continues to outpace salaries. But in the state of NH, one thing that has been a drag on the home owner has been property taxes.

AJ Brown is coming the New England. They'll have a true #1 and #2 WR duo to turn Drake Maye into a Superstar. It's just a matter of time and this podcast I'll discuss the logistics and what we may see in the coming days and weeks.

Instead of the usual full episode, this episode consists of several topics, from spring weather to the Artemis mission and even Baby Jessica.

TV has evolved a lot since I was a kid. While a little bit of that time period remains, streaming services, binge watching and the rise of the "shortened" season have become more common place.

NH continues to upgrade their highways, but are they really making them better? And while we're on the subject, what about the sections of the highways that go through smaller towns?

The pro sports seasons never really end. Football is gearing up for the draft, the Celtics and Bruins are turning heads as they steam for the playoffs and the Red Sox are looking like they should have spent more on talent in the offseason.

We're being pushed into poverty. We see our bills rising faster than we can manage. Ai, electricity, everything is making it harder for us all. These may be just the headlines for today, but why and when did our anger really start to become the monster it is today?