Life at DrTom's

DrTom shares his intellectual inquiries, mental musings, and awkward adventures in upstate New York and around the world. Betcha can’t read just one.

"To hell with facts! We need stories!"
— Ken Kesey

Monday, May 17, 2010

On Roger Maris, baseball, and heroes

(There are lots of memories associated with this baseball card.) I was absolutely consumed by baseball until I was about 13. I played ...

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Does touching a bird's nest cause the female to abandon it?

(Male Bobolink. The male usually helps at the nest, but the female does most of the work.) Did you grow up with your mother telling yo...

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Motivation: what you need to learn Korean

(Bored soldiers. I knew that feeling so well.) By the fall of 1969 I had completed my training in Military Intelligence in the U.S. Ar...

Monday, April 26, 2010

Thanks for everything! Anna Maria Alberghetti

(Anna Maria and I had such a good time together.) It was the summer of 1967 and I was working as Assistant Tennis Pro at Scioto Country...

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