You know you’re gettin? older when . . .

I guess there’s a certain moment in every American’s life when he or she knows he or she is getting older. There comes a point in time when all the pretending in the world won’t keep you hip, or cool, or of the younger-generation. It has nothing to do with gray hair. Little to do […]

You know you’re gettin? older when . . .

I guess there’s a certain moment in every American’s life when he or she knows he or she is getting older. There comes a point in time when all the pretending in the world won’t keep you hip, or cool, or of the younger-generation. It has nothing to do with gray hair. Little to do […]

One man can change the world

As it has been since history was recorded, in the time which we live today there is much turmoil. That said, with the passing of Pope John Paul II, we all — Christian, Jew, Hindu, Muslim and atheist alike, can find and be a vessel of good. It is not “good” that he has passed, […]

Drowning bowls, Haiti and tolerance . . .

Not too long ago I wrote of the schizophrenic feline that prowls the dark and dreary dwelling, commonly known as Casa de Rush. That cat is Thomas and I don’t think he’s right in the head. I’ve written on the carnage of his youth. How, as a relatively young kitty, one night, as darkness fell, […]

Road kill, salamander tunnels and more

Spring has sprung’oh, boy has it sprung! The tulips and other bulbous flowers are pushing up from their long winter’s slumber. The grass is starting to green up. Area golf courses have stuck flags in their holes and opened their doors for business. And, holy cow, there are a lot of dead critters schmushed and […]

Get ready, it’s getting ‘grim? on the roads

There’s a road that leads to happiness, I know we can find it. Although it’s full of hills an? spills, darling, we won’t mind it. I’ve got you, You’ve got me who cares how rough the road might be, We’ll go bumpty-bumpty bumpty-bump on the bumpy road to love. — Judy Garland * * * […]

Local dentist tells of Iraqi life, changes

A native of Iraq, dentist Niza Mansour was asked to share his experience with Oxford Rotarians. He wasn’t sure what to say. ‘I went to the Internet and Googled ‘Iraqi culture? and only got 14 million hits,? said Mansour, an Oxford dentist and a member of the Oxford Rotary Club. ‘I am not a public […]

And another thing . . .

Last week I heard Paul Harvey report this startling fact: Each of our feet can produce a pint of sweat a day. Between a pair of feet, that’s a quart of liquid a day, nearly two gallons a week — that’s like 91 gallons of foot sweat a year produced by one human. That my […]

Hey, let’s save money (wink, wink)

Don’t slug me. I’m gonna? say something that will make some of your heads turn unhealthy hues. Take a deep breath . . . let it out . . . relax, breathe and . . . ‘Every problem is really an opportunity waiting to be taken advantage of.? No, I am not my evil twin […]

Take a long walk off a short pier

Riddle me this, Batman: When does the ‘jumping circuit? connect in a child’s head? When does the thought, ‘It looks like great fun to jump from atop something down onto something else?? When? I ask this because last week when I returned home from long, arduous hours at work, I was greeted by two very […]