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I don’t think I would make a good military person. First of all, I am not crazy about the sound of a bugle.Strike one. Their insistence on playing Revelry every morning would drive me to close my eyes shut and roll back over on my flimsy cot.  And I am a morning person.  But not […]

I still say we don’t know the whole story about John F. Kennedy’s murder.I think a few people know the truth, but they are not letting on. Just the other day, I happened across a story about a woman named Dorothy Kilgallen.  She was an American journalist and TV game show personality. Unfortunately, she died

How old was I when I threw my first ball? I could have been one, or two, or three.I imagine it happened sometime around then. This comes to mind because I’ve been thinking about the human brain and how it works. Our memories. Our awareness. Our mental consciousness. I just read an article about our

Kepler.  Johannes Kepler. He was a German guy.  A mathematician.  An astronomer.  From a while back.He was born on December 27, 1571, and grew up to be a scientist. Historically, he is considered to be one of the great founders of modern science.  Kepler is best known for his theories explaining the motion of planets. Scientists

Taboo.  Taboo always reminds me of Fred and Wilma’s daughter.  You know. The Flintstones.  But for no good reason, because she was Pebbles.  Maybe I’m thinking of Sam and Darin’s daughter.  Tabatha.  That’s closer. Anyway.Taboo. To define it is easy in our minds.  “Not good.” But the real definition is lengthy.  A “taboo” is a

The other day, I told someone that a certain silly thing was happening. It was a bunch of “tomfoolery.” It is a term that I’m sure young people don’t use these days. You won’t hear them say “tomfoolery,” or “shenanigans,” or “monkey business.”    According to them, they’d probably be “vibing” or just “foolin’.” Anyway.

I don’t play them much anymore, but my Grandpa Wehrman taught me how to play cards when I was very young. Mostly Poker and Blackjack. He had fancy decks of cards and one of those round things with the chips in stacks all along the circumference. At that age, I had scant exposure to such

We learned a lot in history class in our formal educations.And we still hear a lot of stories about the history of our country or the history of the world. But sometimes, these occurrences are not quite right.  In fact, they might have been totally false or at least highly embellished. I’ll start with the