This getting old stuff is for the birds. The problem is that the only other option is worse. It’s not like I have become some tottering old man who craps his pants, well, it’s not like I have become some tottering old man anyway. I have come to the conclusion that aging gracefully is for [...]
It took a little stream of consciousness to get to this topic. Understand that the stream is pretty shallow and the water is usually murky. But the upside is that nobody is going to drown. I was in a doctor’s office today. Arriving the suggested fifteen minutes early I checked in with the receptionist and [...]
I was at a fund raising corned beef and cabbage dinner a while ago with a couple of long time friends, both of whom were retired after long careers as big city cops. It was a delight to sit with them and watch the show as they proceeded to spend most of the evening, as [...]
As Will Rogers once said “Thank God we don’t get all the government we pay for” and I couldn’t agree more. I am well aware of the extraordinary measures our government and for that matter governments around the world have taken recently in an effort to prop up a global economy that seems to be [...]
OK, it’s honesty time. I was getting out of the shower today and happened to glance in the mirror. Holy crap I’m fat. I am not plump or big boned or whatever else you want to call it. I am truly, truly fat. As a kid I was what was called at the time “Husky”. [...]
Some of the best comedy available today is on the 24 hour “news” stations. Perhaps not the best stand- up comedy, but certainly comedy of the absurd.The latest CNN/Opinion Research poll indicates that 7 out of 10 people surveyed avowed that race is not an issue for them in this year’s presidential election. CNN dutifully [...]
