Let me say this about that. I was exhausted.  I had been sent to Melbourne, Australia to turnaround a struggling electronics factory owned by my employer.  In those days the Australian labor laws allowed each employee one month’s vacation, one month’s sick leave, and nearly a month’s worth of holidays.  In addition, once per month an employee […]

 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. With apologies to Humphrey Bogart “Of all the bars in all the world …… ” give me the sleazy ones  (that last part was mine).  Sleazy bars are home to a rare breed of animal that is comfortable with who they are, have no desire to change their station in life, […]

Stewart at The End of the World [AUTHOR’S NOTE:  This post is the first of five in this week’s miniseries on the ‘World’s Sleaziest Bars’.] Let me say this about that. I love sleazy bars.  The people you meet in sleazy bars are unemcumbered by any pretension which allows you to immediately find the soul of a place.  There […]

Let me say this about that. Anybody who knows me knows that I love to go fishing.  There is something intrinsically magnificent about a sport in which one can participate while drinking a beer.  After all, I am a guy and I am an American.  However, it has only been recently that I have taken up ‘fly […]