Life As We Know It with Tom Walton

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A weekly series of four-minute essays from commentator Tom Walton, retired editor and vice president of the "Toledo Blade." Covering an array of topics, from the intricacies of the English language to the inspiration found within the geometry of a baseball diamond, Walton offers warm and unique insights into the world around us.

Episode Date
Newspaper Reading Habits Today
Jun 15, 2026
Fantasy Baseball
Jun 08, 2026
June 1
Jun 01, 2026
Everyone Needs A Hobby
May 25, 2026
Stepping On A Lego
May 18, 2026
Cellphone Revolution
May 11, 2026
Student Conduct
May 04, 2026
Things You Never Want to Hear
Apr 27, 2026
Apollo 11
Apr 20, 2026
Evolving Language
Apr 13, 2026
Baseball is Back!
Apr 06, 2026
Grocery Shopping Carts
Mar 30, 2026
Lifetime Supplies
Mar 23, 2026
National Everything You Do Is Right Day
Mar 16, 2026
Robot Umps
Mar 09, 2026
Pebble Beach Golf Tournament
Mar 02, 2026
Researching Old Newspapers
Feb 23, 2026
Secretariat's Saddle
Feb 16, 2026
The Toledo Blade Building
Feb 09, 2026
Groundhog Day
Feb 02, 2026
Finding The Right Words
Jan 26, 2026
Curse Words
Jan 19, 2026
Wallets
Jan 12, 2026
Year of the Horse
Jan 05, 2026
My Ninth Decade
Dec 29, 2025
Santa Claus
Dec 22, 2025
Fizblister's Annual Holiday Letter
Dec 15, 2025
National Pretend To Be A Time Traveler Day
Dec 08, 2025
Tipping
Dec 01, 2025
Wisdom
Nov 24, 2025
November 10, 1975
Nov 10, 2025
Al's Good Eats
Nov 03, 2025
Presidential Overreach
Oct 27, 2025
Cleveland's Jose Ramirez
Oct 20, 2025
College Football
Oct 13, 2025
Books About The Edmund Fitzgerald
Oct 06, 2025
Football Fans
Sep 29, 2025
Awkward Voice Mails
Sep 22, 2025
Stretch Pants
Sep 15, 2025
Rooting Through Newspapers
Sep 08, 2025
Social Security
Sep 01, 2025
Family History
Aug 25, 2025
Popular Names
Aug 18, 2025
My Baseball Playing Days
Aug 11, 2025
Bored in the USA
Aug 04, 2025
Bad Grammar in Music
Jul 28, 2025
Reliving Childhood Memories
Jul 21, 2025
Take It Slow
Jul 14, 2025
Browser Home Page Headlines
Jul 07, 2025
Post-Season College Basketball?
Jun 30, 2025
Presidents
Jun 23, 2025
Road Map of Ohio
Jun 16, 2025
Selfies
Jun 09, 2025
How Many People Have You Met?
Jun 02, 2025
Pete Rose
May 26, 2025
Reopen Alcatraz?
May 19, 2025
Baseball Trivia
May 12, 2025
Getting Older
May 05, 2025
"Gotcha" Headlines
Apr 28, 2025
Losing a Special Friend
Apr 21, 2025
Social Security
Apr 14, 2025
Supermarket Etiquette
Apr 07, 2025
Canada As Our 51st State?
Mar 31, 2025
Baseball on a Race Track?
Mar 24, 2025
St. Patrick's Day
Mar 17, 2025
The S.S. United States
Mar 10, 2025
The US Penny
Mar 03, 2025
Yosemite National Park
Feb 24, 2025
The Everglades
Feb 17, 2025
The Transfer Portal and NIL
Feb 10, 2025
Words That Are Fun To Say
Feb 03, 2025
Skilled Tradesmen
Jan 27, 2025
Cleveland Browns Fan
Jan 20, 2025
Handyman
Jan 13, 2025
Language Abuse
Jan 06, 2025
College Football Bowl Games
Dec 30, 2024
America's Wintertime Destination
Dec 23, 2024
Fizblister Christmas Card 2024
Dec 16, 2024
10 Funniest Movie Scenes
Dec 09, 2024
Breaking With Tradition
Dec 02, 2024
Inauguration Day 2025
Nov 25, 2024
The Edmund Fitzgerald
Nov 11, 2024
Election Day
Nov 04, 2024
Song Stuck In Your Head?
Oct 28, 2024
MLB’s Tropicana Field
Oct 21, 2024
Watches, Coins, Sneakers, Hiking Boots?
Oct 07, 2024
Eavesdropping Car
Sep 30, 2024
Cashless Society
Sep 23, 2024
A Cardboard Box
Sep 16, 2024
Advice Columnist
Sep 09, 2024
Labor Day 2024
Sep 02, 2024
Mel Brooks’ “Blazing Saddles”
Aug 26, 2024
Expanded Big 10
Aug 19, 2024
New Olympic Events
Aug 12, 2024
Priced Groceries Lately?
Aug 05, 2024
On-line Surveys
Jul 29, 2024
Yosemite
Jul 22, 2024
Ancient Rome
Jul 15, 2024
Summer is Special
Jul 08, 2024
Baseball Legend Willie Mays
Jul 01, 2024
Facebook
Jun 24, 2024
Lecture at Lourdes
Jun 17, 2024
My Hometown
Jun 10, 2024
Fantasy Baseball Season
Jun 03, 2024
Computer Analytics
May 27, 2024
Old Stuff
May 20, 2024
Challenges of Old Age
May 13, 2024
The Month of May
May 06, 2024
Fun Words To Say
Apr 29, 2024
Tax Day 2024
Apr 15, 2024
Popular Names for Babies
Apr 08, 2024
April Fool's Day
Apr 01, 2024
High Baggage Fees
Mar 18, 2024
March Madness
Mar 11, 2024
New MLB Uniforms
Mar 04, 2024
Yosemite National Park
Feb 26, 2024
April's Solar Eclipse
Feb 19, 2024
National Football Hangover Day
Feb 12, 2024
Highway Message Boards
Feb 05, 2024
Flying
Jan 29, 2024
The College of Biblical Studies Women's Basketball
Jan 22, 2024
The Iowa Caucus
Jan 15, 2024
Happy New Year 2024
Jan 01, 2024
Shohei Ohtani
Dec 25, 2023
Love, The Fizblisters
Dec 18, 2023
Greed and Vanity
Dec 11, 2023
Catalog Season
Dec 04, 2023
Early TV Game Shows
Nov 27, 2023
Replacing Worn Out Clothes
Nov 20, 2023
Grammatical Blunders
Nov 13, 2023
Marketing State Slogans
Nov 06, 2023
Politics, A Spectator Sport?
Oct 30, 2023
Power of Humor
Oct 23, 2023
Remembering Jimmy Buffett
Oct 16, 2023
Movie Theater Etiquette
Oct 09, 2023
Term Limits
Oct 02, 2023
National One-Hit Wonder Day
Sep 25, 2023
Milestone Birthdays
Sep 18, 2023
Artificial Intelligence
Sep 11, 2023
Flying the Friendly Skies
Sep 04, 2023
Internet Scams
Aug 28, 2023
Movie Pairings
Aug 21, 2023
You Want Fries With That?
Aug 14, 2023
Cruise Ship or Floating City
Jul 31, 2023
Food in Space
Jul 24, 2023
Age
Jul 17, 2023
Macon Bacon
Jul 10, 2023
Seat Belts
Jul 03, 2023
Free Pizza!
Jun 19, 2023
Hurricane Names
Jun 12, 2023
2-Mile Walk
Jun 05, 2023
Summer Blockbuster Movies
May 29, 2023
A Woman's Right to Vote
May 22, 2023
Gordon Lightfoot
May 15, 2023
Comedy
May 08, 2023
1957
May 01, 2023
My T-Shirt Collection
Apr 24, 2023
Homophones
Apr 17, 2023
An Insult
Apr 10, 2023
The Mighty Tomato
Apr 03, 2023
Minor League Name Game
Mar 27, 2023
The Headline Writer
Mar 20, 2023
A Solicitation for Cremation
Mar 13, 2023
Changes in Baseball
Mar 06, 2023
10 Years of "Life As We Know It"
Feb 27, 2023
The Right Pillow
Feb 20, 2023
Jackie Robinson
Feb 13, 2023
Birthdays
Feb 06, 2023
Politics As Usual?
Jan 30, 2023
A Gift From My Granddaughter
Jan 23, 2023
Phoebe Ann Moses
Jan 16, 2023
Memorial Day 1956
Jan 09, 2023
National Toy Hall of Fame
Jan 02, 2023
My First Job
Dec 26, 2022
The Annual Holiday Letter from the Fizblisters
Dec 19, 2022
Funereal Laughter
Dec 05, 2022
Noisy Sea Lions
Nov 28, 2022
Old Newspapers
Nov 21, 2022
Hurricane Recovery
Nov 14, 2022
The Edmund Fitzgerald
Nov 07, 2022
Scary Movies
Oct 31, 2022
Noun vs Verb
Oct 24, 2022
Aquarium Vs. Lobster
Oct 18, 2022
The Waltons At 50
Oct 03, 2022
Covid Fighters
Sep 27, 2022
Redacted Material
Sep 26, 2022
Tough Times
Sep 19, 2022
Dark Side Of The Moon
Sep 05, 2022
Strange Things
Aug 29, 2022
Field Of Dreams
Aug 22, 2022
The Day I Met A Legend
Aug 15, 2022
Chick-fil-a
Aug 08, 2022
Salute To The Slide Whistle
Aug 01, 2022
Airports
Jul 25, 2022
Vinyl Records
Jul 18, 2022
Ben Franklin Was Right
Jul 11, 2022
I Do Declare
Jul 04, 2022
Elvis Crackdown
Jun 27, 2022
Triple Crown
Jun 06, 2022
When the Queen Passes
May 30, 2022
Car Insurance
May 23, 2022
The New Midnight
May 16, 2022
Mom's Advice
May 09, 2022
House Guests
May 02, 2022
Bad Ideas
Apr 25, 2022
Opening Line
Apr 18, 2022
BK One-Pounder
Apr 11, 2022
Baseball
Apr 04, 2022
Snowbirds
Mar 28, 2022
Wordle
Mar 21, 2022
Touristy T-Shirts
Mar 14, 2022
The Cruelest Month
Mar 07, 2022
Creating A Book
Feb 28, 2022
Macon Bacon
Feb 21, 2022
Valentine's Day
Feb 14, 2022
Snowplow Nicknames
Feb 07, 2022
Winter Olympics
Jan 31, 2022
Mandatory Tipping
Jan 24, 2022
Downtown Hockey
Jan 10, 2022
Bowl Game
Jan 03, 2022
A Dangerous Mix
Dec 27, 2021
Bad Luck
Dec 20, 2021
Pandemic Fatigue
Dec 13, 2021
A Dangerous Place
Dec 06, 2021
Eulogies
Nov 29, 2021
What Would JFK Think?
Nov 22, 2021
Blue Angels
Nov 15, 2021
Greatest Songs
Nov 08, 2021
Vodka Delegation
Nov 01, 2021
Pandemic Pounds
Oct 25, 2021
No Cashiers
Oct 11, 2021
Introductions
Oct 11, 2021
Jokes and One-Liners
Oct 04, 2021
The Future of Newspapers
Sep 27, 2021
Dreams
Sep 20, 2021
Flying Taxis
Sep 06, 2021
Succeeding Alex
Aug 30, 2021
Who's the GOAT?
Aug 23, 2021
Collin’s Law
Aug 16, 2021
Cleveland Guardians
Aug 09, 2021
Finally in Place
Aug 09, 2021
Double Standard?
Aug 02, 2021
A Global Icon at 90
Jul 26, 2021
At The Olympics
Jul 19, 2021
Dillinger in Fostoria
Jul 12, 2021
They’d love to have you in Hawaii
Jul 05, 2021
Letting Go
Jun 28, 2021
Lucky Dads
Jun 21, 2021
Flag Day
Jun 14, 2021
Pomp and Circumstance
Jun 07, 2021
In Memoriam
May 31, 2021
Side Effects
May 24, 2021
Geological Survey
May 17, 2021
A Vanishing Breed
May 10, 2021
Flowers
May 03, 2021
Public Servants
Apr 26, 2021
The Oldest
Apr 19, 2021
Enjoy the Ride
Apr 12, 2021
Problems in Poland
Apr 05, 2021
Duck Trucks
Mar 22, 2021
Curse Words
Mar 15, 2021
Church
Mar 08, 2021
Full Swing
Mar 01, 2021
Dangerous Animals
Feb 15, 2021
Distasteful Things
Feb 08, 2021
Corona Rollout
Feb 01, 2021
Clichés
Jan 25, 2021
Duck, Gecko, Emu
Jan 18, 2021
Taller Than We Thought
Jan 11, 2021
Blue Racers
Jan 04, 2021
Wolves vs. Bears
Dec 28, 2020
The President's Farewell
Dec 21, 2020
The Holiday Letter
Dec 14, 2020
Crow Bars
Dec 07, 2020
NASA's Mission
Nov 30, 2020
A Non-Traditional Thanksgiving
Nov 23, 2020
Pants on Fire
Nov 16, 2020
Mystery on the Great Lakes
Nov 09, 2020
Small-Town Scandal
Nov 02, 2020
Greeting Cards
Oct 26, 2020
First Edition
Oct 19, 2020
Presidential Debate
Oct 12, 2020
Home Delivery
Oct 05, 2020
Don't Come Running
Sep 28, 2020
Yummy Beans
Sep 21, 2020
Having the Last Word
Sep 14, 2020
Labor Day
Sep 07, 2020
The Eclectic Author
Aug 31, 2020
Losing the Battle
Aug 24, 2020
Memories of Yosemite
Aug 17, 2020
Surviving Without Fries
Aug 10, 2020
The weirdest of seasons
Aug 03, 2020
Printing Money
Jul 13, 2020
When the Theaters Reopen
Jul 06, 2020
Golf
Jun 29, 2020
Play Nice
Jun 22, 2020
Two Things You Can't Fix
Jun 15, 2020
Smart as "The Dickens"
Jun 08, 2020
Dr. Fauci and the Loss of the Handshake
Jun 01, 2020
Try Laughing
May 25, 2020
Old Photo Albums
May 18, 2020
Class of 2020
May 11, 2020
Pandemic Priority
May 04, 2020
Impossible DIY
Apr 27, 2020
Pickup Truck Control, Part Two
Apr 20, 2020
Spending a Fortune
Apr 13, 2020
Self-Isolation
Apr 06, 2020
A Foot Isn't Necessarily A Foot
Mar 30, 2020
My Favorite Things
Mar 23, 2020
Pickup Truck Control
Mar 16, 2020
How Do You Say It?
Mar 02, 2020
A Thing of the Past
Feb 24, 2020
Some Good News
Feb 24, 2020
Tied for First
Feb 17, 2020
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Feb 10, 2020
Unwelcome Checklist
Feb 03, 2020
Iron Men
Jan 27, 2020
Fun Words
Jan 20, 2020
You Won't Believe It
Jan 13, 2020
Toledo Taxpayers
Jan 06, 2020
Remember the Animals
Dec 30, 2019
Christmas Letter
Dec 23, 2019
Friends Celebrating
Dec 16, 2019
Saturday Night in Toledo, Ohio
Dec 09, 2019
Second Language
Dec 02, 2019
The Secret to Board Games
Nov 25, 2019
Referee Abuse
Nov 18, 2019
Take Your Medicine
Nov 11, 2019
The Election
Nov 04, 2019
Loch Ness Monster
Oct 28, 2019
Hundreds of Books
Oct 21, 2019
Senior Citizens Club
Oct 14, 2019
That's Entertainment
Oct 07, 2019
Oh Man
Sep 30, 2019
Language Abuse
Sep 23, 2019
Larger than Life
Sep 16, 2019
Ban the Barrels
Sep 09, 2019
Ready for War
Sep 02, 2019
Close to Home
Aug 26, 2019
Nothing to Match It
Aug 19, 2019
I'm So Old...
Aug 12, 2019
Fitzgerald Fading
Aug 05, 2019
Napping Pod
Jul 29, 2019
Senior Stuff
Jul 22, 2019
Joe's Roast
Jul 15, 2019
Hooked on HGTV
Jul 08, 2019
Buy from Home
Jul 01, 2019
Computer Chair
Jun 24, 2019
Ohio's Psychiatrist
Jun 17, 2019
Comeback Cars
Jun 10, 2019
Sleep Apps
Jun 03, 2019
A Cruel Sport
May 27, 2019
Alive and Well
May 20, 2019
What Would Dirty Harry Do?
May 13, 2019
Old Typewriter
May 06, 2019
Memorial in a Library
Apr 29, 2019
Charity Auction
Apr 22, 2019
No Pennies Please
Apr 15, 2019
Times Have Changed
Apr 08, 2019
The Bull Charges
Apr 01, 2019
All-Time Favorite Movies
Mar 25, 2019
Things We Don't Get
Mar 18, 2019
Tugboat Ohio
Mar 11, 2019
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
Mar 04, 2019
Umps Prepare
Feb 25, 2019
Flip It Over
Feb 18, 2019
Pet Peeves
Feb 11, 2019
Shopping Online
Feb 04, 2019
How Life Goes
Jan 28, 2019
Wrong Words
Jan 21, 2019
Beadnose the Bear
Jan 14, 2019
Skiing
Jan 07, 2019
Cardboard Box
Dec 31, 2018
Holiday Heartbreak
Dec 24, 2018
Talking Differently
Dec 17, 2018
Fast Food
Dec 10, 2018
Owner's Manual
Dec 03, 2018
Internet Teasers
Nov 26, 2018
More Than the Same Name
Nov 19, 2018
Burning Nikes
Sep 17, 2018
Door to Door
Sep 17, 2018
Going Out Of Business?
Sep 17, 2018
Goodbye Plastic Bags
Sep 17, 2018
Don’t Know Much About History
Sep 17, 2018
Something Worthwhile
Sep 17, 2018
Video History
Sep 17, 2018
Roundabouts
Sep 17, 2018
Old Newspapers
Sep 17, 2018
Crayons in the Box
Sep 03, 2018
History and Geography
Aug 27, 2018
The Real Housewives of Ottawa Hills
Aug 20, 2018
The Greatest of All Time
Aug 13, 2018
If the Shoe Fits...
Aug 06, 2018
The Algae is Greener
Jul 30, 2018
Winter in Florida
Jul 23, 2018
Ugly Duckling
Jul 16, 2018
New Pants
Jul 09, 2018
Headlines
Jul 02, 2018
The Universal Language
Jun 25, 2018
Passwords
Jun 18, 2018
Robocalls
Jun 11, 2018
The IRS doesn’t operate that way
Jun 04, 2018
Did you know?
May 28, 2018
Turns out
May 21, 2018
If I Were Commissioner
May 14, 2018
The Good Old Days
May 07, 2018
Mystery Portrait
Apr 30, 2018
The Art of the Roast
Apr 23, 2018
You Won't Believe
Apr 16, 2018
Green
Apr 09, 2018
Junk Drawer
Apr 02, 2018
Remus Reid
Mar 26, 2018
I Don't Like Fish
Mar 19, 2018
The Great American Romance Novel
Mar 12, 2018
Books
Mar 05, 2018
The Coupon Game
Feb 26, 2018
A Good Idea at the Time
Feb 19, 2018
Much To Do
Feb 05, 2018
Paraprosdokians
Feb 05, 2018
Over-Bought
Jan 29, 2018
Turning Sixteen
Jan 22, 2018
Holiday Letter
Jan 15, 2018
Morality Train
Jan 09, 2018
Tattoos
Dec 18, 2017
Vending Machines
Dec 11, 2017
Workplace Bonds
Dec 04, 2017
Shoebox Photos
Nov 27, 2017
National Park Challenge
Nov 20, 2017
Shuffleboard on Ice
Nov 13, 2017
Life's Little Ordeals
Nov 06, 2017
Going to the Movies
Oct 30, 2017
Strange Things
Oct 09, 2017
Pithy Witticisms
Oct 02, 2017
News As We Knew It
Sep 25, 2017
Cameras
Sep 18, 2017
TWD
Sep 11, 2017
Buyer Beware
Sep 04, 2017
Love of my Life
Aug 28, 2017
The Comma
Aug 21, 2017
Summer
Aug 14, 2017
Sundae Love
Aug 07, 2017
Fair Season
Jul 31, 2017
Not Fake News, But Really Old
Jul 24, 2017
What’s Trending? Wait For It…
Jul 17, 2017
Greatest Thing since Sliced Bread
Jul 10, 2017
Only Baseball Has Its Own Song
Jul 03, 2017
An Actual Letter in the Mailbox
Jun 26, 2017
Nature Abhors a Vacuum. It's Not Alone.
Jun 19, 2017
No More Key Tags Please
Jun 12, 2017
Another Survey? It’ll Just Take a Minute
Jun 05, 2017
A Memorial to a True Fighter
May 29, 2017
Click-bait-and-switch
May 01, 2017
A nice quiet job: funeral greeter
Apr 24, 2017
Blade trivia column
Apr 17, 2017
Pennies from Heaven
Apr 10, 2017
Music to his ears
Apr 03, 2017
Springtime means baseball
Mar 27, 2017
Supermarket should offer GPS
Mar 20, 2017
Snowbirds of a feather
Mar 13, 2017
Vocal dissent back in style
Mar 06, 2017
The Color of Global Warming
Feb 27, 2017
Misused Words
Feb 20, 2017
Parking Spaces
Feb 13, 2017
The Rest of My Life
Feb 06, 2017
Voice Mail
Jan 30, 2017
A List Of My Lists
Jan 23, 2017
America Prepares
Jan 16, 2017
Newspapers
Jan 09, 2017
Turning the Page
Jan 02, 2017
Has America Moved On?
Aug 25, 2016
3-D Viewmaster Reels
Aug 22, 2016
Have A Nice Day
Aug 08, 2016
Antipodes And Digging To China
Aug 01, 2016
Call Me Chomas
Jul 25, 2016
An Anniversary Without Fanfare
Jul 18, 2016
Political Doublespeak and the Election
Jul 11, 2016
Graduation Day
Jul 04, 2016
Living the Good Life
Jun 27, 2016
Resiliency and Humor in Bad Times
Jun 20, 2016
A Blackbird on a Telephone Wire
Jun 13, 2016
Mass Marketing Irritations and Fascinations
Jun 06, 2016