Monthly Archives: August 2011

I’ve always hated tattoos. In fact I came out of the navy without a mark and likely the only guy in my division to go home tatt less. I say that with some pride in its uniqueness. Years later while … Continue reading →

Likely growing tired of my incessant rants over how America screwed itself out of being the mightiest manufacturing nation on earth my young nephew sent me an interesting article. It begins with how we were the manufacturers of everything the … Continue reading →

Patriotism…… a devoted love, support, and defense of one’s country; national loyalty. — patriot, n. — patriotic, adj.                                                                                                                                                                         Well that’s the descriptive according to an on hand dictionary…but what the hell does that mean? “Devoted love, support, and defense of … Continue reading →

We had driven the hundred miles to Tampa to enjoy a Living History day aboard the WW I.I. era victory ship the S.S. American Victory. The Victory is a fully functional and sea worthy museum that began life as an … Continue reading →

Three months after a horrific tornado that changed Joplin Mo. for all time its children went back to school yesterday. Many of the little girls having recently lost everything were happily wearing brand new hand sewn dresses due to the … Continue reading →

Pat Smith and his twin sons, Nate and Nick, were at a charity hockey game Thursday when he purchased three $10 raffle tickets for a chance to hit a near-impossible hockey shot, with a $50,000 prize. One of his sons … Continue reading →

We all remember as children playing musical chairs. Round and round we went until the scramble when the music stops. The slower or unlucky were quick to be eliminated. Ultimately 99 % of the players lost even though towards the … Continue reading →

Who would have thought we could have progressed so rapidly ? I mean communicating with dots and dashes over a wire, teletypes and eventually to us all carrying around a personal device to transmit and receive the spoken word. Truly … Continue reading →

The defective washer part I so forcefully pressed back into service in the Maytag recently reared its ugliness to get the last laugh by lasting two weeks and then committing suicide. First it got real warm and then fried itself … Continue reading →

Hearing my gasp and complaint at the prices the “fruit” working the produce department was quick to explain…. “ It’s the price of fuel…its why everything is so expensive.” I guess that has to be true I was thinking while … Continue reading →