Archive for the 'growing up tony' Category

Monday Mailbox #2

Monday, January 8th, 2007

This week’s Monday Mailbox question: Dear Tony, “What was your biggest fear as a boy, and are you still frightened of it?” My friend “J” has many times said to me, “You aren’t scared of anything.” And he’s sort of correct. I would probably do alright on a show like Fear Factor, except the show [...]

Sire

Sunday, June 18th, 2006

Today is Father’s Day. I know that because I saw a sale flyer in the newspaper pullouts the other day. Father’s Day generally goes right by me. I guess I could use the excuse that I haven’t had a father almost as many years as I did have one before he passed. But considering my [...]

To Grandmother’s House We Go

Wednesday, November 30th, 2005

I had wanted to write something nice for Thanksgiving last week.. Something all warm and fuzzy about the holidays of my childhood, bringing back the memories of frosty mornings and the smell of spice in the air. I’m sure there were some of those greeting card moments back then, but from some reason they just [...]