by admin | Mar 31, 2011 | Randomalities
I have decided that it’s time to once again put forth my idea for a holiday. With time, I expect it will become the most popular holiday on the planet, even outstripping Christmas, mostly because the gifts are given to you and you don’t have to offer any...
by admin | Mar 30, 2011 | Politics
I was watching the movie Good Night and Good Luck last night. And I couldn’t help but see how little things have changed over the years. If you don’t know the story, it was about the good old days of television when the medium was used to inform as well as...
by admin | Mar 29, 2011 | Life Lessons
I’m sure everyone knows the saying, “Don’t Burn Any Bridges.” Well, I will say it proudly right now: I am a card carrying Bridge Burner. I have burned bridges throughout most of my life. I walk away from the inferno, never once feeling bad...
by admin | Mar 28, 2011 | Growing Up
As I began to delve into my childhood with my last post about being homeless in my own home as the last born and living on the couch, it dawned on me that life with three older brothers was rarely ever a picnic. Being the youngest offers no advantages save one: If...
by admin | Mar 25, 2011 | Life Lessons
Several years ago I was having a crisis of faith. Not in the Big Guy upstairs, but in me. It always seems to come around the years that end in zero. This time, it was the big 5-0. I was looking back at my life and wondering what had I done with it. What had I...
by admin | Mar 24, 2011 | Growing Up
Growing up we were like most Baby Boom families. We didn’t live in a large house. Though it had four bedrooms, they were very small by today’s standards. And with mom and dad in one bedroom, that left three bedrooms for four boys. Well, you know who the...
by admin | Mar 23, 2011 | Growing Up
When I was in first grade, I really liked Mrs. Hanks. I was attending Kennydale Elementary School and she was my first real school teacher. Of course, I had attended kindergarten, but it wasn’t like real school because all we seemed to do all day was finger...
by admin | Mar 22, 2011 | Defies Description
As a young man, I used to build models. They could be cars, trucks, military vehicles or planes, no matter. I was really good at it, too. By the time I was 14 I could finish the most complex model sold in a day. I think that was a little distressing to my mother who...
by admin | Mar 21, 2011 | Life Lessons
I was watching a video on one of my favorite websites, TED. In case you don’t know what the site is about, really smart people are invited to share a topic of interest and it has to be under 20 minutes. The speaker was Laurie Santos and her topic was...
by admin | Mar 18, 2011 | Defies Description
Like I needed to fill my head with more information, I tuned into the Science Channel last night. After watching a great piece on the Tank on the Moon (about a Russian rover three decades before we had the ones on Mars), one of my favorite documentaries popped on...
