Dr. Patch Adams is right; everyone on this planet needs a life long dose of excessive happiness, and I mean everyone. * * * * * * * * * * * * * No later than the night before Christmas Eve, I will have a large sign in place on my roof, with neon … Continue reading »
Posted in March 2012 …
THE WORD BLOG IS UNSANITARY…
No disrespect intended, but I don’t like the word “BLOG”, I’m sorry. Say it, “BLOG”… It doesn’t even have a decent sound. It sounds like the name of some disease, or a monster from a class B movie. I guess one day, a long time ago, someone was writing about all the wonderful things the … Continue reading »
A STICK SHIFT AND SHOELACES…
The shoelace is one mankind’s greatest inventions, right there with the wheel, the zipper, the ballpoint pen, the tie clip and false teeth. I checked; it was around 2000 BC when the first evidence of shoelaces showed up in the timeline of man. Back then, moccasins were the footwear of choice. However, moccasins had a … Continue reading »
MY LOCAL TV NEWS PROGRAMS ARE ANNOYING, AT BEST !
Why are 2 news anchors and 1 “on the scene reporter” required to report 1 news item? One anchor begins the report and 2 sentences later the other anchor continues the story. Then one of the anchors says something like, “Let’s go live now to our reporter Joe Doe (or Jane Dane), on the scene…” … Continue reading »
FATE IS NOT NICE WHEN YOU’RE IN A HURRY
Fate has never been nice to me when I needed to get somewhere in a hurry. A couple of weeks ago, running late for an appointment, I showed up at the first intersection just as the green light changed to yellow. I waited with a dilapidated dump truck in the lane next to me, a … Continue reading »
WHO’S THE GREEDIEST… POLITICIANS OR WALL STREET ?
The “OCCUPY WALL STREET MOVEMENT” started in New York City a few months ago, 3 blocks away from the real Wall Street, to protest the greediness of our big corporations. In less than 30 days the “OCCUPY WALL STREET MOVEMENT” had gone international. Time will test its endurance. On the other hand, as far as … Continue reading »
I WAS THERE FOR THE 1ST REAL REALITY TV…
You should know my oldest son is a talented photographer and, to prove it, he’s won his share of awards and takes his cameras with him almost all the time. A few days ago he took this picture in an airport on his way to boarding a plane. That evening he emailed me the picture. … Continue reading »