A Fairwell to Oskar

It never ceases to amaze me the affect that our pets can have on us.  The range of emotions and feelings that they can inspire or provoke from the people that they have chosen to live with.  And face it, in most cases the choice is just as much theirs as it is ours for … Read more

Same-Sex Marriage

OK… so I have been told that my view on this subject is everything from dismissive to discriminatory.   I have had people criticize me names for this view and even had a couple people “unfriend” me on Facebook. Do you know what this earth-shattering opinion of mine is, on the topic of same-sex marriage? I … Read more

Penmanship – A lost art?

I recently read an article by Louise Brown called “Why Johnny can’t sign his name”, and I have to admit that it was a little disheartening. I can, personally, recall many hours as a child trying to get my cursive looking like something vaguely similar to what the teacher was showing us.  I recall with … Read more

The wonders that he will see

The other day I was sitting on the chair in the living room with my Son, now two years old, and we were watching a program on the history channel about the space program and about the Apollo missions, then about Skylab and the Soyuz mission. As we sat there, I started thinking about when … Read more

Not getting it your way!

  I have been noticing, lately, that when I use the drive-up window at some places, I am almost playing a game of chance when it comes to my order being right. Take, for example, my most recent foray to KFC.  My wife and I were going through the drive through because neither of us … Read more

How Gross is Gross

  I am not the most financially minded person in the world, I will freely admit that and go one step further and say that this is one of the areas in which my Wife excels…  So I feel perfectly happy handing anything financial over to her.  I can look at most number problems and … Read more

President’s Day

  Remember when there were two days commemorating the presidents? When I was growing up, I remember school being closed for Lincoln’s  and Washington’s birthday.  I also remember that we did things like make stovepipe hats out of construction paper, and cotton wigs to look like George Washington.  There were also the obligatory beard cutouts … Read more

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