Ahhh. The beginning of May. May is not only a month. It is a lot of other things. It is a way to ask a question. It is also a way to give permission. Mother, may I? Yes, you may. And today, another kind of question and permission is in all our lives. The evasive […]

Some cities are better for drivers than others. And according to Allstate, these cities have the best the the worst drivers in the United States. That’s right. Recently, that good old auto insurance company called Allstate used its own claims data to assess which U.S. cities rank among the most and leastsafe when it comes

Everybody has one. A birthday. For every year we are old, we have traveled around the sun one whole time while on this Planet Earth. So in that way, birthdays are ordinary things. And yet? There are some really interesting bits of history concerning birthdays. Quirky, even. So. Here are the facts, ma’am. Just the

There is so much in this world. So much. We don’t even know the smallest part of it. In all of time, something is going on right now, in billions of lives. If you multiply that by the multitude of history, all the happenings are infinite.So here are a few that are interesting, weird, or

I used to be a runner. Well. Maybe that’s not right. For several years on end, I ran every day. At the height of things, I was doing six miles per day. I recently heard a quote from another runner named Mark in Blacksburg, VA. The quote was this.There. That’s no mistake. That was his

Let me tell you about one of my favorite things in all my life. That is the peanut butter and jelly sandwich on soft white bread. I haven’t had one for years. Decades. But I used to love them dearly when I was young. Of course, most people like them. A survey once found that

I’ve spent a lot of dough in my lifetime. We all have. Sometimes we are forced to spend more money than at other times, and the effects can make us dizzy and dazed. Like when the car breaks down and needs a new transmission. Or when the refrigerator quits keeping its cool. But there must

Okay. More on those crazy laws in the United States. I mentioned a few earlier this month. But there are so many, it is hard not to give mention to a couple more. Let’s start in Oklahoma. There, eavesdropping is a misdemeanor. But this is only true if you intend to overhear someone and then