SMITTYDITTY

I have a love/hate relationship with most social media. When I first signed in to Facebook all those years ago, I thought it was fun to connect with old friends from long ago. It answered the occasional question bouncing around my head - “I wonder what he/she is up to these days?” Then there were the connections to people I’ve never met but have seen me on QVC. Much of it has been fun. However, there is also the seedy underbelly of the social world loaded with conspiracy theo

For a man who never stepped foot into my parents’ home, Kenny Pizzo has held unusual status in my family for decades. Half man/ half myth; his presence is felt every year, and his name is referenced far more often than I’m certain he ever knows. So who the heck is the legendary Kenny Pizzo? And how does he rise to such esteemed status? Let’s start at the best part: the beginning. Kenny Pizzo grows up in 1950s Lyndhurst, New Jersey, a working-class suburb in the shadow of New