Tag Archives: History

Frozen Failure

Posted on March 26, 2008 by Terry Taylor

In 1982, Dreyer’s/Edy’s Ice Cream taster, John Harrison (whose taste buds, by the way, are insured for a million dollars) came up with the idea to put Oreo cookies in vanilla ice cream. The marketing people didn’t like it (probably … Continue reading →

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Hitler was a Vegetarian and I was Speeding?

Posted on September 17, 2007 by Terry Taylor

Vile human that he was – it’s true: The human butcher of the Third Reich didn’t eat meat. Look it up. Google it. Oddity of history, maybe, but does this make you want to swallow a side of beef, eat … Continue reading →

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Yasgur’s Farm Forty Years Later

Posted on August 22, 2007 by Terry Taylor

Well, I came upon a child of God He was walking along the road And I asked him, Tell where are you going? This he told me Said, I’m going down to Yasgur’s Farm, Gonna join in a rock and … Continue reading →

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JJ and the Texas Big House

Posted on August 10, 2007 by Terry Taylor

The old man slammed the sports section of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram down on the just-wiped table, took off his sweat-stained Resistol, placed it in the seat beside him and settled in with several other breakfast regulars in the cinderblock … Continue reading →

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Intersection

Posted on July 18, 2007 by Terry Taylor

I met Flavius Jackson at the intersection of Jeff Davis and Rosa Parks avenues in Montgomery, Alabama. The irony of the intersection was hardly lost on him. Tweet This Post

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Invest In Route 66 and Coney Island?

Posted on July 13, 2007 by Terry Taylor

Route 66 is only alive in legend and history now. The icon of American highways is no longer a federally designated road , and hasn’t been since it was Pluto’d in 1985. Another relic of our patriotic pedigree – Coney … Continue reading →

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Midsummer’s Nightmare

Posted on July 4, 2007 by Terry Taylor

Summertime, and the living is hotter than an RV-full of angry network pundits in a drought-induced forest fire. Article after article compares America to Rome, and not in a good way. As we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Summer … Continue reading →

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