Wearing Socks Is Like Binge Watching Your Favorite Old TV Shows by Mark Lyons SammySocks Etc. Blog - Comments and Observations from Someone Who Is a Retired Educator and Sammy’s Dad Wearing a great pair of socks (especially socks purchased from SammySocks Etc.) is like binge watching your old favorite TV shows. It is! Really! And here are several reasons why. + Socks make you feel comfortable just like watching your favorite old TV show(s). + Wearing socks creates or brings back memories like when you were watching your old favorite TV shows when they weren’t old. + You can wear socks all day just like you can binge watch all day. + Socks are...
Sammy Sayings by Mark Lyons Image by mediamonk from Pixabay SammySocks Etc. Blog - Comments and Observations from Someone Who Is a Retired Educator and Sammy’s Dad There are some sayings that seem indelibly seared into our brains. “A penny saved is a penny earned.” “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” “Experience is the teacher of all things.” “The best way to create your future is to create it.” “The good we do today becomes the happiness of tomorrow.” Well, in the Lyons’ household there are sayings that are just as indelible. “It’s taking too long!” “Go around you!” “Take it back!”...
Ah Poetry! by Mark Lyons SammySocks Etc. Blog - Comments and Observations from Someone Who Is a Retired Educator and Sammy’s Dad Ah, poetry! It is the life blood of literature. It is the sinew that binds our lives together! It is the deep, mystical force that tells it like it is. There have been so many great poets. Here are just a few: + Poe + Shakespeare + Angelou + Silverstein + Frost + Whitman + Dickinson + Hughes + Lyons, ….. uh, I mean, Longfellow. Well, Lyons...
Life Without Socks by Mark Lyons Image by congerdesign from Pixabay SammySocks Etc. Blog - Comments and Observations from Someone Who Is a Retired Educator and Sammy’s Dad There is a famous movie that plays around Christmas about what it would be like if one of its characters had never been born. It has a happy ending. It is really a very good movie. Well, what would the world be like if there were no socks? Here are a few possibilities. + Puppets would take a hit – no sock puppets. + Band-Aid sales would skyrocket (for all of the blisters on feet with no socks). + All this extra time would be available because...
Excuses That Do Not Work for Not Getting Your Significant Other a Valentine’s Day (or any other) Gift by Mark Lyons Image by Jan Steiner from Pixabay SammySocks Etc. Blog - Comments and Observations from Someone Who Is a Retired Educator and Sammy’s Dad There are no excuses that anyone can think of that will work for not getting your significant other a Valentine’s Day (or any other) gift. None. Not a single one. Oh, you may try. You may wrack your brain thinking of one and convince yourself that it is a good one and he or she will completely understand. But you would be wrong. Here are some that I have heard were tried but, of course,...
