My postmaster told us yesterday that they were giving a 20% pay increase to attract postal drivers to move to North Dakota. In the “Fracking Fields”, that would put us among the lowest paid people in the area. I don’t … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: February 2014
OK…this is going to be my first really interactive blog. I’ve had media that I’ve inserted and sent out…but I never tried to “direct” before. I never told anyone what to do or got even a little bit bossy. I … Continue reading
Good grief…I ate this stuff up when I was a younger, more sensitive boy. I couldn’t get enough of this kind of stuff. And they played it on the radio. I think I might have liked “Seasons in the Sun”, … Continue reading
I was almost 13 when we moved from New Jersey to Georgia. One of the things that we’d do occasionally after the move was go to this old roller skating rink that I think was called the “Dixie”. It seemed … Continue reading
picture by Pari Dukovic from Wired magazine 2/17/14 Still—like Fishbone said in a song I just heard on a streaming radio station—problems arise. Sometimes it’s a little too easy to get to a song: think, type, retrieve. What about calling … Continue reading
“WAIT!!! WAIT!!!! I THINK THERE’S ONE I NEEEEEEEEEED!!!” We were at the flea market, and the young boy making the request for his mother to just slow down a little, take it easy, while he looked through all the display … Continue reading
People getting rid of dogs are like people getting rid of cars. You don’t get rid of something unless there’s some kind of issue. A person can talk up the thing they’re trying to eject from their lives like it … Continue reading
“She Belongs to Me” Bob Dylan I look back. I look back fondly at songs that talk about not looking back. What’s up with that? There was a time when I thought that I wanted to be an artist. Maybe … Continue reading
I am a completely blank slate this morning. That’s never happened to me before. Usually, if I drink some coffee after a moment of panic about what I was going to write about, an idea comes trickling in and I’ll … Continue reading
There’s a link to an article on the Fox Sports website that calls into question the selection process for the Olympic bobsledding team. And, yes…I couldn’t think of what to write about this morning. The athlete that they were quoting … Continue reading