2023

Our childhoods. I say this to older people. People over fifty. People born before 1970. Perhaps it was the 1980s when things really started to shift, as far a kids go. I think that is when they started giving out trophies to kids just for playing the game. For participating. Nope, I say to that. […]

To tell the truth of it, some days I get wound up. I might be rolling along just fine. But then I hit a bump in the road, and it spills my cart. Onions scattered everywhere. All over the road. Onions with tons of layers, as Donkey so aptly noted. I wish this wouldn’t happen.

Dubious. There is something about the sound of the word. Doobie BrothersPass me that doobie.Scooby Doobie Doo. And the real thing. Dubious. It is an adjective and can mean a couple of things. 1. hesitating or doubting.2. not to be relied upon; suspect: extremely dubious assumptions.— morally suspect— of questionable value When I think of

Linda Stowe and I are back to playing Wordle, and using our “guesses” from each day to write a short piece about something. The solution for this particular day (some time ago) was “binge.” I don’t know what Linda’s other guesswords were. But mine went like this:laterweepsevokeguidebinge And then I wrote this: ======= I like

People have been scamming people since forever. Well. The first time probably occurred when one guy decided he wanted something another guy had. So he came up with a way to scam him out of that thing. Maybe it was a banana or a nice big rock with a sharp edge. But trust me. Humans

Studies. Surveys. Lists. They are all about us, guiding us. These things let us know what to eat, how to choose the right facial cream, which clothes dryer to buy, and what brand of car is the best. I’m like so many others. I check the “ratings” before I make a purchase or a big

What’s so funny? The better question. Why is that funny? There is no single answer to the question of what makes something funny, as humor is subjective, and what one person finds funny, another person may not. But I will tell you this. We know “funny” when we see it. Or hear it. Humor simply

“A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.”— Saul Bellow We see this a lot, don’t we? In politics. In our government. Our legislators are wearing puppet strings, most of them. And the puppeteers are the corporations with the massive money. The ultra-rich who drive the