Danny Tyree

Danny Tyree

  • Joined: June 3, 2026
  • Articles: 7

Could you write your own eulogy?

Serendipity strikes. While I was struggling to motivate myself to write about a company that will turn your life story into a keepsake book, based on the answer to 50 questions (questions which I hope are more insightful than the ubiquitous “Hot enough for ya?,” “Think it’ll rain?,” “Finished with the sports section?” and “Was that you or the dog?”), I stumbled across something even catchier.

Time for a vacation from social media?

Inow understand my late mother’s quest for stress avoidance. For years, she and Uncle Doug maintained a daily phone chat. Inevitably, they would broach subjects that got on their last nerve, necessitating a multi-day “time-out.” Following in Mom’s footsteps, I recently decided to do a weekend detox from X (Twitter). It wound up lasting 10 glorious days.

How did we ever survive the U.S. Bicentennial?

As we approach the country’s 250th birthday, I find my mind drifting back to its 200th birthday. 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 unironically, although in 2026 someone who puts a feather in his cap and calls it macaroni is a prime candidate to push strangers in front of a New York City subway train.