John Hook
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In the Year 2525, or 2025?
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Welcome to the year 2025. For those of us old enough to remember the summer of ’69 – maybe we got our first real six-string – we know we only […]
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17 Ideas and Questions Inspired by a Bombardment of Holiday Season TV Ads
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My extended holiday season TV watching meant seeing more commercials than usual. The results of which are the following 17 random thoughts, ideas, suggestions and questions about the televised advertising I was bombarded with in late December and early January.
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Trusting the Tailgate Process and Fending Off Frostbite at Penn State’s First College Football Playoff Game
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Well, that was a fun weekend, wasn’t it? On Sunday afternoon, head coach Katie Schumacher-Cawley and the Penn State women’s volleyball team won the program’s first national championship in a […]
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12-Team Playoff Opens the Door for a New Chapter in Penn State Football History
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The NFL has the Super Bowl. Major League Baseball has the World Series. The NBA has the NBA Finals. The NHL has the Stanley Cup. And Major League Soccer has […]
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Why I’m Even More Grateful for Family This Thanksgiving
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It’s late November, that time of year where we all give thanks – and eat a lot of turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, vegetables, gravy and, of course, cranberry sauce. In […]
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How Will Penn State Distribute Tickets if Beaver Stadium Hosts a Playoff Game? It Should Be a No-Brainer
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Update Nov. 13: Penn State released information on the distribution of playoff tickets. Ever since the momentous decision of last Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, there has been one burning question […]
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A Scottish — and Scotch — Adventure
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Scotch whisky. Or, as we tend to refer to it here in the United States, simply, “scotch.” Scotch is a distilled spirit made in Scotland from cereals, water and yeast. […]
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Fixing a Hole — in the Ceiling and the Workforce
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Living here in Happy Valley we’re lucky to be among a very educated populace. According to the United States Census Bureau, almost 71% of the State College Borough’s population aged […]
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Weather or Not to Run, and a Visit to Pennsylvania’s Other Forecasting Capital
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Every Monday through Saturday my wife and I go out for a 3-mile walk in the morning. Then on a few other days of the week I will go out […]
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1994 Penn State Title Snub Causes 2024 Anxiety
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I have a little anxiety. Thirty years ago today, Sept. 17, 1994 – which was a Saturday that year, not a Tuesday – the No. 8-ranked Penn State football team […]