Let me say this about that. A guy makes a return visit to his doctor to get the results of his tests from the week before: Doctor:  “Well sir, I have bad news, and I have really bad news.  The bad news is that you have cancer.  The really bad news is you have Alzheimer’s.” Patient:  “Well, at […]

Let me say this about that. When, in America, did marketing and advertising become a euphemism for tolerated prevarication?  When did every advertisement we see in print or in the broadcast medium become a bald-faced lie – and – when exactly did we decide that we were OK with it?  If the pharmaceutical industry’s advertisements are […]

  photobucket Let me say this about that. Twenty years ago, I saw a cartoon in the newspaper that depicted a father scolding his son who he caught studying a mathematics text book.  The caption read:  “Put down that text book, go outside and practice your jump shot”.  The point of the cartoon, of course, was a tongue-in-cheek […]

 Let me say this about that. Twas the day after Christmas, and all through the house, the only thing stirring, was Shambo’s sweet spouse. She woke-up her hubby, to do chores she was wishing, but all  Shambo wanted, was just to go fishing. He stumbled to the john, to empty his bladder, and then snuck out […]

Let me say this about that. This is the time of the year when every newspaper columnist or TV talking-head lays out their predictions for the upcoming year.  Or, as in the case of a new decade, the coming ten years.  And, since most of the established print and broadcast media have the intelligence of fruit, […]