August 2021

A few unrelated items have captured my attention for unknown rationale. The first starts in Hollywood. I’ve never seen the movie Braveheart with Mel Gibson. The main reason is that I can only imagine Mel Gibson in certain screen roles, and playing a Scottish Warrior in a kilt is not one of them. Besides, I […]

People should love their bedrooms in a perfect world. It should feel like a bit of a sanctuary, a place where rest is the principal idea. We spend a third of our lives sleeping, and as such, we are probably there more than most other places, indoors or out. But here is the thing. How

Crime is as old as humans, probably. Gorg had more firewood, so Thog stole a piece or two. And so it began. These days, we can’t go one day, without hearing of a dozen crimes being committed anywhere and everywhere. Which brings me to this. Today is the birthday of George “Bugs” Moran. A criminal,

I am glad to have my phone. It is with me all the time. However, the ringer is seldom turned on. I’m not a big “phone talker.” Some people enjoy talking on the phone and will do it endlessly. It is simply not my thing, perhaps because I’m such an introvert, or maybe because I’m

Another timely piece from the past. I noticed that today August 19, is the birthday of Seth Thomas. And. Julius Lothar Meyer, Charles E. Hires, as well as Orville Wright, All have connections in my life, sort of. I think, if we look hard enough, we can find connections almost anywhere. There’s always that six

An entire stack of them waited for me in the mailbox yesterday, and it is only mid-August. Mail-order catalogs. It is a big problem here at our address. We get a fair amount in the mail every single day. But somedays, they number into the tens or more. I don’t even give them a look,

We watch a show on Paramount Plus, the off-shoot of The Good Wife, sort of. It is The Good Fight, with Christine Baranski, among others. This season, Mandy Patinkin plays the part of a make-believe judge in his own make-believe court. But the thing is, people agree to the proceedings and rules of the court.

I used to be a pretty good whistler. It started when I was a kid, as my Dad was always whistling around the house. He taught me to whistle in a couple of different ways, and it carried into adult life. The whistling seemed to be a frequent occurrence for me too. I remember working