April 16, 2013
5:31 p.m.
Recently the bones of King Richard III were found buried under a grocery store parking lot in Leicester, England. They had been lost for over 500 years. Frankly I didn’t know they were missing in the first place. I mean, who keeps track of the bones...
Feb. 16, 2013
5:10 p.m.
I just listened to a general of the Army explaining to Congress that if the sequestration is allowed to take effect it will mean that they can’t train more solders to go to Afghanistan and the ones that are there will have to stay longer. I couldn’t help ...
Feb. 1, 2013
12:01 a.m.
Recently Jim Nabors married his male partner of 38 years because he wanted to make it legal. Surprise, Jim Nabors is gay. Whoever saw that coming? Maybe he kept it a secret because he was in military–remember Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.? Maybe he was simpl...
Jan. 12, 2013
11:15 a.m.
Shortly before Christmas, the nation was shocked by yet another tragedy involving the senseless death of 20 grade school children and six adults in Newtown, Connecticut. The death of children is especially difficult to understand and accept. Most of us wo...
Dec. 14, 2012
11:25 p.m.
When I was in elementary school I was a bit of a wuss. As I grew older and entered high school, I matured into a full blown nerd. Anyway, as a wuss, I avoided fist fighting, not all fighting, just fist fighting. I was an expert in getting into fights with...
Dec. 11, 2012
12:01 a.m.
Recently Joyce and I spent 12 days in Italy. This is one of the two countries that begin with “I” that I have always wanted to visit, the other being Ireland. In deciding where to go you might say that pasta won out over a pint of Guinness, and boy did we...
Dec. 5, 2012
11:25 p.m.
Well, you know it’s the Christmas season when the lawsuits start getting filed over nativity scenes on public property. Putting up these creches or manger scenes that depict the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, has long been used during this holiday season to...
Nov. 20, 2012
12:01 a.m.
Thanksgiving is coming and you know what that means, Black Friday is closing in on our credit cards and checkbooks. For years Black Friday is the day when a business starts going into the black or, in other words, they start making a profit for the year&#...
Nov. 16, 2012
12:01 a.m.
How did I manage to live as long as I have without the benefit of government “mothering” me the first 20 years of my life? It seems that government just can’t stop itself in trying to tell us how to live, what to eat, and what to avoid. It started with ci...
Nov. 9, 2012
12:01 a.m.
Why do so many people hate Walmart? Is it the low prices? The wide selection of goods? Whatever the reason there are a lot of people who seem to really dislike Walmart. I have often heard that Walmart is hated because it is so big, the largest retailer in...
