Favorite bumper sticker: If you can read this, thank a teacher. If it’s in English, thank a soldier. – – – 0 – – – Seriously, readers, don’t you think the United States ought to consider dropping its membership in, and support for, the United Nations? If not that extreme, perhaps there is some way […]
‘Act enthusiastic and you’ll be enthusiastic? is the motto and teaching of Dale Carnegie programs. This is most often used in reference to selling. Change it just a bit and it becomes a teaching of life: ‘Act and talk positive and you’ll become more positive.? That’s my thought for this column. Today, I’m totally fed […]
In my early newspapering days I took an interest in Senator Everett Dirksen, Illinois. He was minority leader of the U. S. Senate. My interest probably came from working for a man whose interest in politics was deep. My publisher was Enoch ‘Ink? White, and he was one of the writers of our present state […]
In my early newspapering days I took an interest in Senator Everett Dirksen, Illinois. He was minority leader of the U. S. Senate. My interest probably came from working for a man whose interest in politics was deep. My publisher was Enoch ‘Ink? White, and he was one of the writers of our present state […]
I’ve mentioned that I write a lot of letters. Usually I try to make them uplifting, but when it comes to complaining to manufacturers, the responses can be curt. Here’s one I wrote to Sunbeam Products about their Oster toaster: ‘To whom it may concern, which is probably nobody, ‘Some months ago, when I decided […]
Mary had a little lamb, and the doctor fainted! – – – 0 – – – I had to take a week off from Jottings last week for what Dr. Portnoy made sound like minor surgery. ‘We’re just going to scrape one of the discs in your back to ease your leg pain.? For the […]
Following are bits collected from anywhere but the internet. I not only do not understand why that word is supposed to be capitalized, I stubbornly refuse to enter it. Mostly this stuff comes from the UP Monthly Magazine, formerly the Porcupine Press. – – – 0 – – – ? My mother taught me everything […]
I love those offers on television that end with the product pusher yelling, ‘If you order right now I’ll send you Great Britain, the Suez Canal and Oahu. I’ll even pay the shipping and handling.? Or something like that. – – – 0 – – – It’s good that we have these 22-month-long national political […]
For you Jottings readers who don’t like to read about ma’dog Shayna, come back next week. I’m finding that Shayna is being inconsistent in her eating and actions. Since I took her for her first ride in the car, she has acted like it was her only love. In the car, head out the window, […]
I have all the empathy possible for people who have open houses for their graduating children. Everything has to be SO right, outside and inside the host’s property. Even if a large tent is in the plans for an obvious outdoor event, dusting, window washing, cleaning, bed making, etc. has to done inside. Portable johns […]