A big percent of Americans can be talked, or sold into anything. Like hand sanitizers, but only if they are used correctly, according to an article I read a few Sunday’s ago. Of course, the only reason I read it was to confirm my belief that I should have died years ago from shaking hands […]
Nothing has excited, thrilled and animated our State like the Detroit Tigers winning the American League baseball title. Their domination of the news is absolutely wonderful. What war? What political campaign? What layoffs and buy-outs, housing slowdowns, work stoppages, orange barrels and illegal immigrants? They’re gone from news leads. The newspaper headlines wouldn’t be bigger […]
I’m sure you get cold calls, as I do, between 10:30 a.m. and noon. These calls come too often from electric companies, gas, phone and other monopolies. Their research teams have rightly found that we seniors are available during those couple hours. ‘Could I speak to the person who handles this account?? The following thoughts […]
Like: Why do old maids wear silk gloves? Because they don’t like kids. A friend loaned me one of Thos W. Jackson’s 14 ‘humorous? books. All were copyrighted before 1908. Today some stand-uppers rely on dirty words to get laughs. Four letter words and innuendo comments stir some audiences to at least snicker. Well, this […]
Bill Patterson needed to hear your name only once to be able to remember it a lifetime. He had a knack for learning names. Asked if he’d had a memory training course and he’d say, ‘No, ever since I was a kid I could remember names.? He’d not only recite that person’s name, but their […]
It seems like our governmental leaders, and would-be DC leaders, are hell-bent on making us a dependent nation. The President is leading the effort to widen the dole base and shrink the work force. Our Obamanation is presenting thoughts that make the word ‘work? an unacceptable curse word. How wrong this is. I’ve been in […]
In June, Jottings carried the story of cougar attacks on Richard McGuire’s cattle in Alcona County. We reported one of their pregnant cows being torn up by a cougar, which also bit off said cow’s tail. Last month I interviewed another cattle herd owner in that general area. He’s had seven cows attacked by cougars. […]
Why do all the hour-long news shows feel they have to have a segment on cooking? Maybe only the Fox News Channel does it, but all the other channels are liberal, and I ain’t so sure maybe they aren’t (doing cooking shows). But I do have opinions about cooking shows, and here are a couple […]
A long time ago, in my early newspapering days, I took an interest in Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois. He was minority leader of the US Senate. His low voice and slow delivery speeches were like magnets to me. Too many politicians today speak fast, double talk, over talk and otherwise seem to have a […]
Bill Patterson needed to hear your name only once to be able to remember it a lifetime. He had a knack for learning names. Asked if he’d had a memory training course and he’d say, ‘No, ever since I was a kid I could remember names.? He’d not only recite that person’s name, but their […]