The Owner's Box, Ep. 62.

My mother's childhood home in central Florida has finally been razed.

It's a cornucopia of commentary in Episode 62 of Mansfield's favorite audio podcast, as I turned a mundane Saturday night into an energy-filled session behind the microphone. 

First, I discussed the process that produced the three nominees for this year's fan-voted Patriots Hall of Fame berth. I don't violate any of the rules involved in our supposedly secret discussions, although I do reveal what I said and how I said it -- which I'd think is perfectly fine, given that we took our votes and now you fans are voting for the winner and can through April 28 at patriots.com (click on the link and you'll be directed immediately to the voting page!).

Then I offer some reflections about the Artemis II spaceflight. Yes, I did misspell the name in the link's tagline, but it was a two-finger typist's mistake -- the "i" key is next to the "u" key, and I simply missed the edit at around 2 in the morning. Anyway, having been alive and aware since the initial Mercury flights in the early 1960s, I found myself overwhelmed with joy when the crew capsule checked in at the end of the communications blackout during their re-entry into the earth's atmosphere.

Up third is a personal story. I learned this week that the small house in Williston, Fla., where my mother was raised and where I used to spend at least two weeks every year during my childhood, was finally torn down after years of falling into disrepair. That was the last vestige of my mixed-culture upbringing, in which I was exposed to classic Massachusetts liberalism and grass-roots Southern conservatism in the middle of central Florida during the 1960s. Fortunately for me, the former won out over the latter.

Finally comes our Lightning Round, and one of the topics is the addition to a new commercial that is near the top of my "I Hate This Commerical" list. Nothing may ever topple that insipid "Kars-4-Kids" jingle from the top spot, but the newest addition came close. And the most maddening aspect of this new addition is that I use the product that the commercial sells, and I have been so satisfied with it for more than a decade, so I can't exact my usual penalty and shun the product.

It's all in the accurately-numbered Episode 62, just waiting for you at this link or wherever you get your podcasts.