Easter is coming up this weekend. I wonder how many Sanpeters could explain what the origin and significance of Easter is if we stopped them on the street and asked. Jay Leno used to do this kind of thing with his “Jay Walking” segment during his tenure on “The Tonight Show.” Fairly ...

Do you know what the longest word is in the English language? Some of you might say pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. And, you’d be technically correct. (I’d really like to hear someone actually say that word without stumbling, pausing and stuttering.) That word is the name of ...

Is baseball like life? My answer to the question that is the title of this column is a resounding, confident, “I don’t know!” But let’s talk a little baseball anyway. As the years go by, I’ve learned that the answer to many questions that come my way is, “I don’t know.” And ...

According to astronomers, last Thursday was the first day of spring. By the way, did you know that an anagram of the word “astronomer” is “moon starer.” Use the letters in the word and you’ll see that it’s true. (I suppose that staring at the moon makes a person some sort of an ...

The title of today’s column could just as easily have been, “Muddy Marches in March” or “Weekday Hike, Sunday Walk” or “Chewing Gum, Thinking and Walking at the Same Time — Too Much?” It’s the time of year that some of us are thinking that we may have wintered over just a ...

I remember there was a comedian many years ago (ironically I’ve forgotten his name), who did a routine where he said that the most important words in the English language were, “I forgot.” IRS tax collector: You haven’t paid your taxes for the past three years. Answer: “I ...