Let me say this about that. My dad was a cowboy.  Really, he was a cowboy.  But the range he rode, the cows he punched and his nighttime campfires out on the prairie, were all in his head.  He was a 19th century cowboy trapped in a 20th century laborer’s body.  His character, his personality and […]

Let me say this about that. “Well, at least it was a Fair Fight”.  We’ve all heard this expression since we were kids.  A “Fair Fight”, as a way to settle differences of opinion, is as much a part of the American lexicon as the ‘right to bear arms’.  That’s what we Americans are all […]

Let me say this about that. I am sick and tired of people who give advice in  “Advice Columns”.  It’s usually some dried-up old prune giving advice to a whiney-ass woman who has discovered that her man actually prefers to sleep with someone who has a pulse.  It generally goes something like this: Dear Ann:  “My […]

Let me say this about that. Ask most Americans what has been the greatest influence on the development of their philosophies, their opinions, their fundamental beliefs and most would say: their parents – the Bible – the internet – their teachers – history.  All WRONG!!  Sure, all these things have some impact on the shaping […]

Let me say this about that. I have a number of old friends who are, as a lot, pretty positive on life.  They’re convinced that “the glass is half full” and seem to enjoy smelling the roses conveniently planted along the road of life.  They make lemonade out of any lemons that come their way, whistle-while-they-work, and […]

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. 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. Actually, this is one time I’m not going to say anything.  I simply could not add any value to what these great modern American philosophers have to say.                                           […]