The Essays with Dumb Old Bob

Featuring the essays "It’s yours" and "The wave"For more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

The fifth bonus episode, featuring the 2025 National Buy Bob's Book Day and the essays "99-cents for a snowball" and "A walk in the rain".For more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

Featuring the essays "Because there’s an answer" and "When whiskey just won’t do"For more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

Featuring the essays "Get the plus out of here" and "Why I don’t try new things"For more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

Featuring the essays "Two brush turkeys walk onto a beach…" and "I can’t imagine the need", this episode draws from the works of the A Parkside View newsletterFor more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

Featuring the essays "Wrong answers only" and "A million miles behind me"For more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

Featuring the essays "The Mount Rushmore of Mount Rushmores" and "From where you are to where you need to be"For more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

Featuring the essays "The problems begin when you have to prove the chicken salad is made with chicken" and "The butter doesn’t melt"For more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

Featuring the essays "Return of the toys" and "Every so often, we all need a little fruit punch soda"For more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

Featuring the essays "The cookie crumbled (finally)" and "Buttcrack of Dan", this episode draws from the works of the A Parkside View newsletterFor more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

Featuring the essays "That neighbor" and "That neighbor"For more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

Featuring the essays "The incredible shrinking expectation" and "What I really need is a camera in the front"For more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

Featuring the essays "Convenience store inconveniences" and "Blistex around the world"For more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

Featuring the essays "Welcome to the neighborhood, mister bunny" and "Pizza Hut for the dinosaurs"For more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

Featuring the essays "How secure is security when we can bypass it for convenience?" and "Is a flip-flop injury a sign of old age?", this episode draws from the works of the A Parkside View newsletterFor more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

The fourth bonus episode, featuring information about upcoming events, and the essay "Look up in the sky".For more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

Featuring the essays "All the safety in the world (doesn't help stupid)" and "Keepers of time"For more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

Featuring the essays "The uprising" and "Not a Peep"For more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

Featuring the essays "Rocks have no memory" and "Has this person lost it"For more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

Featuring the essays "A parkside view" and "Sunset"For more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

Featuring the essays "Never underestimate the power of common sense" and "Not a mid-life crisis", this episode draws from the works of the A Parkside View newsletterFor more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

Featuring the essays "Prepping for the snow" and "February of 1993… or… Happy New Year 2014"For more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

Featuring the essays "Skeletons in my pantry" and "No Virginia, there is no bacon"For more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

Featuring the essays "Selecting friends" and "Lintables, non-lintables and whites"For more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

Featuring the essays "Red sky at night" and "Sending Christmas cards was never this complicated before technology got so good"For more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

Featuring the essays "Bring on the apple crisp" and "Christmas time (and the misleading lyrics)", this episode draws from the works of the A Parkside View newsletterFor more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

Featuring the essays "Does anyone know a mechanic?" and "What has Butterball learned in the past 365 days?"For more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

Featuring the essays "The things you miss" and "Where am I?"For more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

Featuring the essays "Looking for a gyro" and "The Myrtle Beach t-shirt duplication mystery"For more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

Featuring the essays "Would Harry Chapin be proud?" and "Merry Christmas... and I mean that"For more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

Featuring the essays "Holiday tipping point" and "Modern day holiday decorating", this episode draws from the works of the A Parkside View newsletterFor more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

Featuring the essays "Welcome to October 2011... but don't believe the hype" and "...and always include a chocolate Santa"For more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

Featuring the essays "The miraculous candy corn" and "The holidays in threes"For more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

Featuring the essays "Everything's coming up pumpkins" and "Ghost story"For more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

Featuring the essays "A brief history of day, month, year (and time)", "When viewing the story, is the villain the villain?", "The proper way for wearing a mask" and "Finding the theme"For more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

Featuring the essays "95 and sunny (Unless it isn't)" and "Gravity hills", this episode draws from the works of the A Parkside View newsletterFor more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

Featuring the essays "Truth in Advertising" and "What we say, what we mean, what we want"For more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

Featuring the essays "The next new weather trend that may have been around for years" and "Do we need space dollars?"For more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

Featuring the essays "Your mother doesn't work here..." and "Just wait a minute"For more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

The third bonus episode, featuring information about National Buy Bob's Book Day, and the essays "Tesla drivers never smile" and "What's my name?".For more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

Featuring the essays "What the world needs now is... telephones with cords and rotary dials" and "The brass chase"For more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

Featuring the essays "What would you think if..." and "Don't forget your keys", this episode draws from the works of the A Parkside View newsletterFor more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

Featuring the essays "Attack of the leftovers" and "Did I brush my teeth today?"For more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

Featuring the essays "What's in a name?" and "Made from scratch"For more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

Featuring the essays "A Cutter" and "Technology is changing the world"For more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

The second bonus episode, featuring some responses to questions, messages and suggestions, a bit of the story about National Buy Bob's Book Day, and the poem "Pan Am 103"For more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

Featuring the essays "Cattywampus and flibbertigibbet", "Finding its level", "Appreciating Niagara Falls" and "Sticky wicket"For more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

Featuring the essays "GPS doesn't apply to life" and "The big sky", this episode draws from the works of the A Parkside View newsletterFor more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

Featuring the essays "How does a bird remember its anniversary?" and "The chocolate chip cookie twist"For more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com

Featuring the essays "I'm not convinced about this meeting" and "Pondering a turtle"For more, visit the In My Backpack website at www.inmybackpack.com