Just last a few weeks ago, we were talking to a person we just met at a bar about how there is no longer honor amongst thieves. Mafiosos used to have certain rules they lived by. Nowadays everything is a free-for-all. Luckily for us as a […]
Have you ever watched the movie Armageddon? It was alright. I really didn’t care for the soundtrack. And I really didn’t care for the love story subplot. I mean, when an asteroid is about to hit earth and you are in the thick of preparations keep your head […]
It is a new year, the first month of 12 to come, and we are at the mid-way point on said month. Everything is new, shiny, and intriguing. Well, arguably not everything. However, in my rosy, ruby outlook, it’s all shiny and full of possibilities. While much […]
I avoid television newscasts like the plague. Or at least I try to do so. I’m not perfect and occasionally, I catch a news segment or two. And then, I hit myself in the head for having done so. I know better. It’s all the same […]
OJ Simpson has just been paroled. Well, rather he is going to be allowed to go on parole come October. The question is whether he will get a TV hosting gig? Or perhaps a reality show? Oh My! It’s Friday night, I just got paid, and I […]
A few years ago, I used to diligently on a weekly basis do a column on what I deemed to be the crazy news of the week. I used to write about “wacky” occurences. I used to cover scientific findings, the latest Kardashian shenanigans, dumb criminals and so […]
Sometimes I want to write a letter to the powers that be to let them know that I would be ok with the world being normal for once. Last year, when we headed off to South Africa everything seemed more or less normal. Well, as normal […]
Sometimes you just want to go ahead and do something daring. Sometimes you just want to stand out. Sometimes you just want to be part of the crowd. Sometimes both can come together. And why not? Can follow someone else’s drumbeat, I suppose. After all isn’t that what […]
During the holidays you try to get past the moments of craziness of the year so that you can focus on the beauty of the now. This year feels like it has been an especially tough one. Although, if I think about my own personal day […]
We have 75 more days left in the year of 2016 and it has been a wild, wild ride thus far. It has felt at times like we were adrift in the great ocean in just a little kayak in which to survive. And we still have […]
