by admin | Nov 1, 2012 | Culture
I’ve been watching “The Men Who Built America” these past couple weeks. If you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend it. Sure, you may know the names Vanderbilt, Rockefeller and Carnegie from your history lessons, but this show really brings them...
by admin | Oct 25, 2012 | Culture
I see that the James Bond franchise is turning 50 this year. And while I am often a trendsetter, finding the next big thing out there long before anyone else, I admit that I am at a loss when it comes to 007. I never got on board the James Bond train, or I guess,...
by admin | Sep 27, 2012 | Culture
I sometimes marvel at the polar opposites our society finds itself in. Few people want to take the middle ground, but really, that’s where all the fun is because, well, either you don’t have to take sides or you can take all sides. It’s funny how...
by admin | Sep 6, 2012 | Culture
I have been working on a project in my new job and I must say, it’s been a real eye opener. You see, the people around me are very smart, by far the smartest bunch of co-workers I have ever had the pleasure to work with, and that’s saying a lot. After all,...
by admin | Aug 24, 2012 | Culture
Washington is going to be voting on an issue of great importance this November. No, the issue at hand isn’t about fixing infrastructure or changing the tax structure. It’s about pot. Yes, the state is deciding whether or not it wants to go to pot. While it...
by admin | Aug 17, 2012 | Culture
Many years ago at Green River Community College, I had a sociology teacher who also had a habit of teaching life lessons. Mr. Guinn was a fountain of trivial knowledge that really wasn’t all that trivial. For instance, he told the class once that if we ever...
by admin | Aug 13, 2012 | Culture
I have been back in the real world for about four months now. During that time, I have come to love many things others take for granted. Things like health insurance, a retirement plan, a regular paycheck, paid vacations, you know, the stuff that makes working for...
by admin | Aug 8, 2012 | Culture
Ever since I was a little boy, I have wondered why in the world my ancestors came from South Dakota. Even when I went there as a four year old I wondered, and I was standing right in the state. There I was in Aberdeen, South Dakota, discovered by the cops in a phone...
by admin | Jul 24, 2012 | Culture
When I was a kid, my dad used to take us boys down to the city dump. I remember secret looking for the clown that lived there, the one that I saw on TV. Of course, I could never find him. I looked high and low for the shack he lived in, but never found it. I guessed...
by admin | Jul 4, 2012 | Culture
I saw in the news a couple months ago that a woman had to take down her flag. It was flying outside the Democratic headquarters in Lake County. The flag in question had horizontal red and white stripes, 13 of them to be exact. But instead of the stars there was a...
