by admin | May 31, 2011 | Defies Description
I attended the James Taylor concert last Thursday. Yes, I not only travel well, but am willing these days to drive 2+ hours on a Thursday night to Orlando. And of course, make the requisite wrong turn on the way back that sent me through Bithlo, something no one in...
by admin | May 30, 2011 | Life Lessons
Growing up somewhat poor, I learned the hard lesson of deferred gratification. It may be hard to recall now, but that’s what we called saving up for something and then buying it with cash. In the old days, credit cards didn’t exist. In fact, the first...
by admin | May 27, 2011 | Defies Description
I was watching television last night when I noticed the phenomenon again. I was waiting for Glee to start and Scotty McCreery on American Idol was standing next to Ryan Seacrest. And there staring back at me was Scotty’s mammoth sized head. I only became aware...
by admin | May 26, 2011 | Politics
I am always amazed when the circus comes to town. All the people who want to be president who have a snowball’s chance in hell of becoming our leader. Sometimes I think we should just elect the president the way they choose Miss America. Although the idea of...
by admin | May 25, 2011 | Relationships
I had the dubious pleasure of dating online at one point. I don’t know if many of you have done this, but I can only liken it to walking through a car lot and taking a few test drives, only to find that some of the models are a little squirrely once you actually...
by admin | May 24, 2011 | Life Lessons
For many years I received a bum rap. I was told and it was well known among my friends that I didn’t travel well. In fact, I would often hear one of my friends tell another, “Robb doesn’t travel well” under their breath as we were standing at...
by admin | May 23, 2011 | Culture
This weekend was a real epiphany for me. Since I was working over the weekend, breaks were few and far between. But when I got them, I would turn on the old boob tube to learn something. I don’t really watch a lot of entertainment oriented television shows. How...
by admin | May 20, 2011 | Life Lessons
My car is roughly eight years old. It’s a bit of a piece of crap. It squeaks and grinds in several places and really doesn’t want to get up and go like it once did. It may be time to get rid of the Black Widow. Funny how it all works. I think an eight year...
by admin | May 19, 2011 | Culture
I realized a few days ago that I had run out of heroes. I knew I was running low, given the fact that the last batch of heroes I had were the bold adventurers back in the space race. You know, those guys who strapped themselves onto a rocket that was just as likely to...
by admin | May 18, 2011 | Defies Description
When I was a kid, my Aunt Linna always would say to me, “You’re a Pill.” I never understood what she was saying. Of course, I never understood why she would spend hours laboring over a puzzle either whenever she visited our house. But as we get...
