Poetic justice for O.J.
posted 2 days ago, updated 4 minutes later | 1 comment
The headline in my local newspaper was small but smacked of poetic justice. It simply stated: “Luck runs out for O.J. Simpson.”
The former NFL superstar, whose stardom allowed him to avoid a guilty verdict in the murders of wife Nicole Simpson an...
The former NFL superstar, whose stardom allowed him to avoid a guilty verdict in the murders of wife Nicole Simpson an...
Weighing in on Palen
posted 4 days ago, updated 4 minutes later | 3 comments
After watching Thursday’s Vice Presidential Debate between Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Delaware) and Gov. Sarah Palen (R-Alaska), I am convinced it would be a mistake to support John McCain’s bid for the White House.
While Palen’s performance was withou...
While Palen’s performance was withou...
I don't make this stuff up
posted 14 days ago, updated about 4 hours later | 1 comment
People wonder why I spend so much time reading the newspaper. Well, it is simple. You find little morsels of news in a newspaper that just make you laugh and say “Hell, yeah!” Today was one of those days. You be the judge as you read the following...
Ghosts of Elections Past
posted 17 days ago, updated about 11 hours later | 5 comments
I was driving down the street, thinking about everything I need to accomplish today. Suddenly, out of nowhere, I spotted Bobby and John Kennedy hitchhiking alongside Market Street. I mean it was odd enough to see a hitchhiker in this crowded commu...
Autumn's memories
posted 18 days ago, updated 6 minutes later | 2 comments
I didn’t realize how much I missed autumn until I happened to see the weather guy from “Good Morning America” doing his morning weather report from the tiny community of Gustavus, Ohio. Most people never have heard of Gustavus; it almost slipped p...
Dancing with Mother Nature
posted about 1 month ago, updated about 3 hours later | 5 comments
“Humility, like darkness, reveals the heavenly lights.” – Henry David Thoreau
After five days of dancing with Tropical Storm Fay, it comes to mind that man is no match for Mother Nature, despite her sheer beauty.
Please understand, I thought Fay...
After five days of dancing with Tropical Storm Fay, it comes to mind that man is no match for Mother Nature, despite her sheer beauty.
Please understand, I thought Fay...
Just slap me; I'm gassed
posted about 1 month ago, updated 38 minutes later | 5 comments
Remember that old country song, “Somebody Slap Me,” sung by John Anderson? Well would somebody please oblige me? I think I need a good whack upside the head. Let me explain.
I hadn’t been off the reservation, the subdivision in which I live for ...
I hadn’t been off the reservation, the subdivision in which I live for ...
Pardon me!
posted about 1 month ago | 3 comments
Was it William Shakespear who said, “To burp or not to burp; that is the question?” Regardless, it is one of those questions for which there seems to be many different answers. Read on and you might figure out why.
All my children are grown and o...
All my children are grown and o...
Hatred cannot inherit my world
posted 2 months ago | 2 comments
I am filled with feelings of sorrow and angst in learning that a Florida man was arrested yesterday for plotting to assassinate Barack Obama. Note, I did not say I was surprised.
My sorrow comes from the knowing the world in which I live continu...
My sorrow comes from the knowing the world in which I live continu...
Cyber addiction
posted 2 months ago, updated 20 minutes later | 3 comments
I’ve been thinking about this Internet thing, the cyberSPACE Al Gore invented years before he aspired to be president of this fair land. Where was I, and what class did I miss that culminated in the consummation of this wonderful medium? My God, I...
