Let me say this about that. Frankly, I’ve not been a big fan of the first decade of the twenty-first century. To begin with, this decade didn’t even have a name.  You know, like the “sixties, or the “nineties”.  What were we supposed to call it – “the zero’s” ?  And look at the events that marked [...]

Let me say this about that. I really enjoy reading, and since my retirement, I now have the time to do a lot of it.  My favorite reading material is nonfiction because real life is far more absurd and funny than anything a best selling author can make up.  However, I do get a chance to [...]

Let me say this about. If there was ever a phrase that describes how I live my life, it would be: “Hell, I can’t complain, but sometimes I still do.”   I must admit to an occasional spat of whining – I often decry the injustice I see in this world – I bitch when my [...]

Let me say this about that. It has been said that “Life is hard, and then you die.”  It’s true that our time on this planet has it’s challenges and sometimes can be downright disheartening.  But every now and again, we see something sooooo funny that we nearly wet our pants – and the world turns [...]

Let me say this about that. Seems that in America we’ll do just about anything to get out of a day’s work.  In order to soothe our guilt trip for being lazy, we have invented “holidays”.  Our logic is that somehow it would be sacreligious, unpatriotic, or disrespectful to actually go to work on these days [...]