….singing this song for you

Here’s another example of my friends taking care of me. I got a chance to see Ray Charles before he was gone…playing at the State Fair in Columbia, SC. I probably would have been going to another pawn shop….looking for … Continue reading

wonder junkie

I heard an interview with, I think, the host of a show called something like “Brain Games” the other day I was driving… at work…so I wasn’t paying as close attention to the interview as I might have been….so I … Continue reading

Lenny….from two angles

How cool is this? Any why not? Do you become such a big star that you can’t enjoy your life anymore? Can you just be cool? Or do you have your handlers tell you what to do? Good for you, … Continue reading

forecasting discomfort

It’s raining today. It’s not snowing. The weatherman told me early in the week that today was the day it might snow….but it’s only raining. One of my friends at work told me that it was only supposed to rain … Continue reading

HOLY SMOKES!! I’M FAST!!

My new sneakers came via UPS last night. I found some cheap hi-tops on a site called 6pm.com….and so now….after 45 years or so of not owning a pair, I am cruising around in new PF Flyers. My shoes are … Continue reading

perspective perch

My friend John is a good friend. His comment to me….on Facebook….about my post yesterday was, “I think completing a really nice porch to sit on and sip lemonade as you contemplate (plan) what to build on to it would … Continue reading

that porch

Of course, it would go a lot faster with this porch than with the porch over at the new place. It’s a smaller porch that these over-caffeinated guys are slamming through. You can make fast work of a small porch. … Continue reading

the core on the edge

I saw something nice down in Greenville yesterday. We were in a toy store on Main St. and a father came in with his young daughter and started talking to the cashier. “My son bought a bat and ball….but somehow … Continue reading

rocking hard….backwoods style

I’d forgotten how good this was. A friend posted it on Facebook a while back and I watched and enjoyed it….but, dang….it’s good. That’s the beauty of a good pair of overalls….you can be a stealth genius and no one … Continue reading

all this science….and the first hand remembrances

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfGwoU1nXtE How about this? All these dudes dressed in furs….screwing around in the snow. That’s pretty wild. And….how the heck did they get film of all this stuff? I thought it was all supposed to have happened before they were … Continue reading