Category: Talking Trash

Paul McCartney Wrote Some Crappy Music: More Trash-Talking from Mr. Groovy
Someone’s knockin’ at the door Somebody’s ringin’ the bell Someone’s knockin’ at the door Somebody’s ringin’ the bell Do me a favor Open the door and let ’em in For the Millennials out there, these are the opening lyrics to a song written by Paul McCartney called Let ’em In. Mrs. Groovy and I heard…

Picking Up Trash: And Other Cheap Ways of Having Fun
I love picking up trash. It’s fun, makes the world a little better, and costs practically nothing to do. This cheap way of having fun got me thinking. People spend a lot of money on entertainment. Cable television, dining out with friends, bar hopping on a Friday night—these fairly innocuous diversions can blow a giant…

Let the Trash Talking Begin
About a month or so ago, I realized that I wasn’t doing one of the things I said I was going to do in retirement. I wasn’t picking up trash. For some reason, I thought my assault on litter should wait until Mrs. Groovy and I relocated to Wake Forest. But then it hit me:…