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Tyrades! by Danny Tyree

“Keep a-knockin’, but you can’t come in.” - Little Richard

Seemingly timed to coincide with the release of Steven Spielberg’s movie “Disclosure Day,” the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) has ratified updated protocols governing how scientists evaluate, verify and announce evidence of ...Read more

Tyrades! by Danny Tyree

“The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that, you’ve got it made.” - George Burns

My son Gideon (the recent grad) hopes for some productive job interviews soon, so I couldn’t help noticing a Facebook “reel” from an outfit called Talk Right English.

“Smart Phrases That Make You Sound ...Read more

Tyrades! by Danny Tyree

“Ask Dad, HE knows!”

That’s the message on the Sweet Caporal cigarette ad hanging in Mr. Gower’s drugstore in the holiday classic “It’s A Wonderful Life,” and children since time immemorial have followed that credo (no matter how many times spoilsport Mom has scolded, “Don’t follow that credo – you ...Read more

Tyrades! by Danny Tyree

As we approach the country’s 250th birthday, I find my mind drifting back to its 200th.

Yes, a weary nation looked to the Bicentennial to lift our spirits from the lingering effects of the Vietnam War, Watergate and OPEC muscle-flexing. We desperately needed to be able to sing “Yankee Doodle” heartily and ...Read more

Tyrades! by Danny Tyree

“You get a line and I’ll get a drone, honey / You get a line and I’ll get an app, babe…”

Or something like that.

I haven’t been fishing since 1972 (although my lunch has to share shelf space with bait worms in the company break room refrigerator), so I didn’t realize just how controversial the once-...Read more

Tyrades! by Danny Tyree

“If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue Or walk with kings, nor lose the common touch …If you can chug-a-lug protein shakes while doing crunches and not throw up too much…you’ll be a Man, my son!” – apologies to Rudyard Kipling

Did you see the “Wall Street Journal” article headlined “Young ...Read more

Tyrades! by Danny Tyree

“It’s been a long road / Gettin’ from there to here…”

Yes, some of us with students in our lives have had “Faith of the Heart,” while others have had “Faith of the Administration Continuing to Force Dubious Students Through the Pipeline”; but it all ends in the same milestone: graduation.

(“Through ...Read more

Tyrades! by Danny Tyree

“You can’t always get what you want…”

The words of the Rolling Stones often echo in my mind as I ponder the countless rejections we humans face over the course of our lives.

(The words of the Rolling Stones also often echo in my mind as I ponder the many senior moments we face over the course of our lives. “...Read more

Tyrades! by Danny Tyree

“8 Mother’s Day Gifts You Should Never Buy, According to Moms,” blared the headline of a recent “Good Housekeeping” article.

(And by blared, I mean “got drowned out by all the seasonal ‘Oprah promises this $20 air fryer will make the stretch marks and sleepless nights worth it’ headlines.”)

So, ...Read more

Tyrades! by Danny Tyree

Over the years, I’ve gotten quite a few chuckles reminiscing about my youngest cousin Scott’s purely logical reaction to an unfamiliar food that was set before him.

“I cannot eat that because I have NEVER eaten that before.”

(To his credit, Scott the successful civil engineer has outgrown that childhood logic, ...Read more

Tyrades! by Danny Tyree

My late mother would have been tickled by a front-page Wall Street Journal story that appeared on her 99th birthday.

Mom loved meeting strangers and pumping them for information (“Why does someone your size carry such a tiny can of pepper spray -- and where is the nearest eyewash station?”), so she was always ...Read more