Danny Tyree
Tyrades! by Danny Tyree “May you live in interesting times.” - a saying often misattributed as an ancient Chinese curse. Years ago, when I was in middle management, my subordinates and I were entitled to two 10-minute breaks daily. Because of a ..
Tyrades! by Danny Tyree “Oh, baby, I’m gonna love you forever/ Forever and ever, amen” - as sung by Randy Travis. When I was a second-grader, I was fascinated by the short-lived ABC sitcom “The Second Hundred Years.” In the far-fetched pro..
Tyrades! by Danny Tyree Don’t hate me because I’m stationary. Yes, the Tyrees are anticipating another laid-back, close-to-home Thanksgiving. Some would envy our “sweet spot,” but it’s more of a bittersweet spot. Our parents and grandparen..
Tyrades! by Danny Tyree Let’s face it: America’s Bibles have seen more dust than the Joad family in Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath.” So, I’m tickled to see a flurry of articles about renewed interest in spirituality, even as I mark the..
Tyrades! by Danny Tyree “Write something sensible.” I’m finishing this column on the first anniversary of my mother’s passing, and I can still hear her cajoling me to cater to her down-to-earth tastes. Her funny bone was unpretentious. She c..
Tyrades! by Danny Tyree My morning routine: wonder, “How many business ventures has Elon Musk launched in the time it took me to microwave this sausage patty?” My evening routine: read Terri Libenson’s “The Pajama Diaries” comic strip, in ..
Tyrades! by Danny Tyree Remember the good old days when the biggest Halloween decorating controversy was whether the outdoor display should be erected before or after noon on October 30? Well, this year a South Carolina couple unwittingly panicked w..
Tyrades! by Danny Tyree “Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine.” - Humphrey Bogart in “Casablanca.” I am perturbed by the recent rash of interviewees who enlighten mere peons with the blanket declarat..
Tyrades! by Danny Tyree Unless you’ve been living in a van down by the river, you’ve doubtless endured a “Saturday Night Live” PR blitz over the past year. First came the October 2024 movie “Saturday Night,” dramatizing the minutes befor..
Tyrades by Danny Tyree Will “put a ring on it” be replaced with “put a surge protector on it”? According to the New York Post, a growing number of affection-starved young women are dating and “marrying” chatbots in place of flesh-and-blo..
Tyrades by Danny Tyree “I’ve looked at life from MY side now…” I can imagine Joni Mitchell singing those modified lyrics every time I encounter one of today’s most grating phrases. The phrase: “my lived experience.” Every time some blo..
Tyrades! by Danny Tyree “And if it comes back the very next day, well, then I’ll go bankrupt…” - apologies to Elvis. It started with “wardrobing.” Unscrupulous shoppers would buy expensive outfits for a special occasion and return them t..
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- 05/01/2024 Yearning for random thoughts about Mother’s Day?
- 04/24/2024 Does your town need renaming?
- 04/17/2024 Ready for the bathroom of tomorrow?
- 04/10/2024 Will you still need me, will you still feed me?
- 04/03/2024 Are you a fan of noisy restaurants?
- 03/27/2024 Ever have a work spouse?
- 03/20/2024 So you acknowledge Jesus as a wise teacher? Really?
- 03/13/2024 Has the Pentagon shattered your faith in UFOs?
- 03/06/2024 What does spring break mean to you?
- 02/28/2024 Am I overthinking slang?
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- 02/14/2024 Where do you fall on the sports fan spectrum?
- 02/07/2024 Ready for an Apple Vision Pro world?
- 01/31/2024 Using the right Valentine’s Day questions?
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- 01/17/2024 Do you suffer from the ‘stillgottas’?
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- 09/27/2023 National Newspaper Week and the newspaper that never was
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- 06/28/2023 Is your food ultra-processed enough?
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- 06/14/2023 Does TV-industry budget-cutting worry you?
- 06/07/2023 Ready to fire up those Father’s Day memories?
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- 10/26/2022 Early voting or squirrely voting?
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