by admin | Sep 30, 2011 | Life Lessons
Like most people, I used to think I was totally in control, not only of my own life, but those of others. In the impatience and inadequacy of my youth, I spent endless hours torturing over what others were up to, what they thought of me, how I could get them to do...
by admin | Sep 29, 2011 | Culture
If you spend enough time online like I do, then you begin to understand that our Founding Fathers didn’t really mean for us to have free speech. Well, not all of us. I have learned that the two worst things that have come along in recent years is Facebook and...
by admin | Sep 28, 2011 | Defies Description
I have had a backache for about three months now. I don’t like to complain about things like this and I would never go to a chiropractor. Instead, I just endure the pain and when necessary, joke about it. Most people don’t think such things are funny. But...
by admin | Sep 27, 2011 | Defies Description
Like most men in America, I think about sex from time to time. I guess most of us do, except during football season when men seem to be far more interested in their favorite team than their favorite girl, unless, she’s wearing pads and a helmet. that is. I think...
by admin | Sep 26, 2011 | Growing Up, Life Lessons
When I was a kid, my house was backed by woods. Today, they would call it a greenbelt. We just called it “the woods.” The back half of the yard was wooded, which led to the cliff, which led to May Creek – one big forested backyard. The wooded part of...
by admin | Sep 23, 2011 | Defies Description
I am not much of a sports fan, I admit. Not being sporty growing up, I never really got a taste for killing an entire weekend watching every college football game on television. And I never, ever watch tennis. I can’t think of anything more boring than two...
by admin | Sep 21, 2011 | Defies Description
Many years ago, I gave up wearing a watch. I still have watches – five to be exact – but they are all in a state of disrepair in my jewelry chest. I stopped wearing them when I figured out what a ruse the earth was trying to play on me. I simply refused to...
by admin | Sep 20, 2011 | Life Lessons
I have only recently come to realize I have a gift. I don’t know where it came from. It’s been there for as long as I can remember. It’s manifested itself in many different ways over the years and I never thought much about it, figuring everyone...
by admin | Sep 19, 2011 | Defies Description
Not too long ago, at least in the annals of world history, there was a country that broke away from the tyranny of its oppressors and formed a new nation, one founded on a new notion, that every man, woman and child had inalienable rights, most notably those of life,...
by admin | Sep 16, 2011 | Defies Description
There’s an old joke in Seattle that goes like this… “Who wrote the song, The Bluest Skies You’ve Ever Seen Are In Seattle?” Answer: Helen Keller Since I moved to Florida, I have been back to Seattle just once. It was for my...
