Curations from the Human Jungle
[I worked with several companies that offered, or implied, lifetime warranties. In just about every case or legal advisors ran around with megaphones screaming "Don't do It!!" "It'll be the death of you!!" In most cases we knuckled under and followed the legal guidelines. In cases where we didn't follow the lawyers' advice, I don't... Continue Reading →
[What they don't mention in this article is that your $1.50 hot dog at Costco also includes a 32 oz. soda, and, at least until recently, offered sauerkraut as a free codiment. Smartest marketing ever! We did something similar at Vermont Castings. We invited our owners to a summer outing where the entire staff turned... Continue Reading →
[I can't keep reprinting Dave Barry's stuff and counting it as Silverback Digest. This review of The Odyssey, however, is not to be missed: https://davebarry.substack.com/p/the-odyssey?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3774851&post_id=209181481&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=296zu&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email Meanwhile, back to Silverback Digest ... [As part of my college class's 55th Reunion, we sent a survey asking what they found funny. Here's an uncurated list, randomly juxtaposed with... Continue Reading →
Silverbacks ... here's a fantasy ... a dream Beatles excursions with a couple of hot mojigangas!! Silverbelle Mary Bernadette suggests we go on a Beatles Pilgrimage: " I did a bit of a pilgrimage like this back in ‘08 on my own in the UK - The Hard Days Night Hotel was just being built then.... Continue Reading →
[I've written several opening to this. They all sound snarky and defensive ... exactly what you would expect from a non-New Yorker. SB SM] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae_LySA8zFk Nathan Cohen6d America and America 5d Troy, PA to Ithaca, NY takes even less time! Dave2h From the movie “Breaking Away”: Cyril: My dad said Jesus never went more than 30... Continue Reading →
[What I always like about lists like this is that someone usually gets seriously offended. I don't really expect anyone to listen to all six minutes of "Like a Rolling Stone." SB SM] Credit: Far Out / Album Covers / Alamy 10 albums from the 1960s that we would rate an 11/10 Dale Maplethorpe Sat... Continue Reading →
[I plead guilty to a lot of deadly sins, but laziness is not among them. Somehow I get out of bed, take a deep breath, and plunge right into the work of the day. I'm not claiming it as a virtue, either. There's something to be said about hanging back and enjoying another banana. SB... Continue Reading →
[All of these images are completely real. They must be true, because I found them on the Internet! SB SM] In January 2026, the White House posted an image of Minneapolis civil rights lawyer Nekima Levy Armstrong on its X account. In the immediate aftermath of her arrest at an anti-ICE demonstration, she appears utterly... Continue Reading →
[Silverbacks ... you're not just going to let this one pass without challenge, are you? What's your nominee for the best decade ... and reasons why? SB SM] https://www.theamericanfacts.com/article/Was-the-1950s-truly-the-best-decade-to-live-the-American-Dream?utm_source=blog&utm_campaign=blog-20260720 Was the 1950s truly the best decade to live the American Dream? Image: Master1305 Emerging from the shadows of the Great Depression and World War II, 1950s... Continue Reading →
[This is a very dicey subject for writers, especially of original fiction. The Internet has democratized publishing, but to such an extent that the surviving world is unnavigable. In other words, there's so much uncurated garbage flowing off of emancipated keyboards that's it's impossible to tell what is worth your time reading. Hence, "Bring Back... Continue Reading →