Let me say this about that. Oh, Tiger, Tiger, Tiger. You have really ‘shat-in-your-hat’ this time. Word has it that your D-I-V-O-R-C-E is final and, as part of the settlement, you have agreed to pay your ex-wife a whopping $700,000,000 dollars!! I’m no economist, but I believe that amount exceeds the gross national product of Bolivia. That dollar […]
Let me say this about that. I must admit that in my advancing years, I am still confounded by the accelerating pace of the ‘dumbing down of America’. It seems that facts, common sense, mathematics, and any sort of cognitive thought has been replaced by emotion, feelings, illusion, and fantasy. Nowadays, how things really ‘ARE’ […]
Let me say this about that. Omar, a good friend of mine came by last week to borrow a set of tools. When he walked into my house, he asked why I was wearing different colored socks. I told him that it kept the purple dragons away. Omar: “Shambo, you been smoking peyote again? ……. wearing different colored […]
Let me say this about that. OK, let’s start by being honest with each other. Question: How many of you out there really understand what the hell is going on in the Middle East? That’s a pretty hard question so I’ll ask another, more simple one. Question: Why are the Israelis and […]
Let me say this about that. I think many (if not most) Americans have pretty much had-it with our current political system. Whatever the Democrats and Republicans are doing in Washington sure as hell is not about helping me. My view is that if the entire Congress would just go home and find a job mowing […]
Let me say this about that. “Ah-hem. Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats.” “We appreciate you coming here on such short notice, but we have an announcement to make that could shake the very foundation of college basketball. In their overtime defeat of Rhode Island University, the North Carolina Tar Heels have advanced to […]
Let me say this about that. Every year since 1948, the folks at Gallup Polls have conducted a survey to determine the people most admired by Americans. The results of their latest poll was published recently in USA Today. According to the good people at Gallup, Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin are in a virtual tie as the woman […]
(Author’s note: This is part #3 of a 3 part miniseries on what life might be like when we run out of oil.) Let me say this about that. In the year 2057, the last of the oil, in any viable quantities, was pumped out of a small field in a remote […]
(Author’s note: this is part #2 of a 3 part miniseries on what life might be like when we run out of oil.) Let me say this about that. Part #1 of this series, what life might be like when we run out of oil in 40 or so years, […]
(Author’s note: This is part #1 of a 3 part miniseries on what life might be like when we run out of oil) Let me say this about that. I was watching a TV program the other day on the Discovery Channel, or The Learning Channel, or one of those other great escapes from mind-numbing network […]
