May 2024

Our two major parties. The Democrats. The Republicans. And our mascots. The Donkey. The Elephant. I got to wondering how these came about. The long and short of it is this. The Republican Party was formed in 1854. Ta-da.Their first president was a good one. Yes, six years after the party was formed, Abraham Lincoln […]

Grey Poupon By Linda Stowe Anytime we hear a sentence that starts with, “I don’t mean to whine, but…” we tend to tune out what comes afterward. But I think you’re going to want to hear this because there may be a larger story here. So, let me start. Last Thursday, February 1, I put

Photo of the Day. Every so often, I will post a photo and make a few comments about it. This is how the blog started, after all, way back in 2009. So here is another photo of the day. A cow. A beautiful cow at that.I took this photo at Wild Hearts Zoo in Lewisburg

Have you ever heard of the 10,000-hour rule? It is a “rule” stating that you must spend 10,000 hours practicing a task to attain mastery. To be one of the best. The 10,000-hour rule was popularized by Malcolm Gladwell in his book “Outliers.” To put that in context. Let’s say you applied this to your

Take stock! Today I learned that October 28th has been the best day of the entire year for stocks since 1950. This is according to an analysis crew at the Carson Group. What goes up must come down. And so I will tell you that the worst day for stocks is October 19th. But why

Numbers By Linda Stowe I like the number 2. I like how it looks, a graceful swan gliding along in a sea of numbers. In some odd way, I find the number 2 comforting, like a soft blanket or my mother’s arms. When I was a young child, 2 was one of the first numbers

I’d have to say that Snickers were probably my favorite candy bars when I was a kid. Probably. There were so many that I loved. Dearly. But Snickers was always there at the top in Halloween trading and such. Snicker. It loosely means “to give a little laugh” if you look it up in the

I don’t know why I like a good bank robbery. But I do.I’d never want to be in one. Or even close. Yet, I like to hear the stories about them. Or watch the movies that focus on epic robberies. Maybe it is something about the “little guy” getting away with it. Maybe it has