Happy New Year!

Here's wishing all of you a safe and Happy New Year! I hope that everyone enjoys good health and happiness in 2026! (Hey, I'm still waiting for those flying cars!)

As is my usual custom here, I'd like to wish a special Happy Birthday to my brother Ken, Lorain's First Baby of 1958. Here he is at the age of three months. This photo always cracked us up over the years, with Ken peeking out of his bassinet while our sister beams at the camera.

Anyway, I'm hoping to keep things going here on the blog in 2026. Sometimes it feels like I'm trying to squeeze a little more toothpaste out of an empty tube. But I'll press on. 

An early task for 2026 is to try and post some topics that have been delayed almost as long the Pueblo. My apologies to those who sent me material that have languished in my digital folders for too long!

I'll close out this New Year's Day post with a musical tribute by Spike Jones and His City Slickers. 

Dad had a few Spike Jones records in his collection of 78s, so I grew up with an appreciation of the City Slickers. My buddy Scott Welko liked them too, and we used to get together in his basement, shoot pool and play these old novelty records. This one was in the Welko collection and I play it every year around this time. I played it at work yesterday and it even got a chuckle from my much younger co-worker.