I’m optimistic about the coming year, particularly since it just has to be better than the one just completed. People are going to smoke marijuana, and lots more aren’t going to mind it. It’s going to be decriminalized in some places, medicinalized in others and legalized in a few more. It is an ongoing process, …
Just Why Would Saddles Blaze?
Nothing sidetracks a morning like the discovery that “Blazing Saddles” is playing on IFC. This blog would be finished, undoubtedly on a different topic, if not for Lillie Von Shtupp, the Teutonic Titwillow. “Can’t you see this is the last act of a desperate man?” “I don’t care if it’s the first act of ‘Henry …
Time Passages
It won’t be long until proper names will mean nothing. The Big 10 will have 18 teams in football and 22 in other sports. The Big 12 will have eight schools. USC of Los Angeles will join the Atlantic Coast Conference, and USC of Columbia will be in the Mountain West. The House of Representatives …
The Godforsaken Glitter
Modern college football has taken the luster away from Notre Dame. Literally. I used to marvel at how glittery the Fighting Irish helmets were. Other teams wearing gold or silver would wear helmets that, by mid-season, were dulled by scrapes and streaks of colors from opposition helmets. Not the Irish. I wondered if they …
Going to Hell or Maybe Not
It’s so hard to find some balance. The world is changing with such swiftness that it’s hard to discern whether or not the balance is positive. For instance, does the playing of violent video games lead kids to grow up more violent? In a way, it’s nothing new. When I was a kid, we played …
Jesus Say What?
A fellow wrote that there were plenty of places in the New Testament where Jesus said homosexuality was an abomination, and that all these people who were going to write about the Bible needed to read it. Which is sort of the way I feel about the Constitution, but that’s another story. I wrote him …
Sometimes I Can’t Believe I Even Participate
This is just another Sunday, no better or worse than any other. Here are just a few tweets and posts that descended across my social-media timelines today:Looking for advice to get gasoline odor out of car capet. I goggled it and got everything from coffee grounds to Febreeze. Any suggestions?Febreze is handy, but I’d try …
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It’s Not Much, But It’s Home
I live in a small town, and I was born in a small town …Sometimes I feel a bit overqualified to live here, and I think lots of people think of me as being a bit eccentric. After all, I not only read books but write them.I ain’t right.I like it, though, because I think …
The Freedom of Being a Dumbass
Political correctness. You’d think it was something new. Talented writers were blacklisted by Hollywood during the 1950s because they had dabbled in radicalism, mostly when they were much younger. The agency that runs the prisons is called the Department of “Corrections.” It may be the “pisser” or the “shitter,” but, officially, it’s the “restroom.” Cousin …
The Word Is ‘Bleak’
I read last night that 35 states pay welfare benefits that are higher than the minimum wage. This is bad, but it’s not because welfare is too high. It’s because wages are too low. Duh. The rest of this is going to be based on the “micro,” not the “macro.” It’s from observations around town. …
Nightrider's Lament 