Recession may feel like Depression, but ‘taint? Early in everybody’s growing up years they’ve heard the expression: ‘The first liar doesn’t have a chance.? Well, listen to this one. Economists and other fabricators, like Democrats and Republicans, say the current economic slowdown has been going on for over 10 months. Then comes an up-beater who […]
Thanksgiving Day – The only family ‘day? we had in my growing up years. Our father didn’t observe Christmas and made it a point to book his railroad job every December 25. But we feasted on Thanksgiving. Usually, we had goose. Dad liked goose, probably because more it had dark meat. He made the dressing. […]
Those donated political $s are buying something Can you think of any way that all the millions of dollars being spent on political campaigning will result in a brighter future for our state/country? I don’t like starting a column with a question, particularly one to which there is no defendable answer, but doggone it, this […]
Don’t stop me even if you’ve heard this one. Friend Charlie Stilwell had finished his dinner at Oxford Hills Golf & CC, but had some edibles on his plate, when waitress Jenise asked, ‘Wanna box for that?? Charlie responded, ‘No, but I’ll wrestle you for it!? – – – 0 – – – I was […]
Thanksgiving Day – The only family ‘day? we had in my growing up years. Our father didn’t observe Christmas and made it a point to book his railroad job every December 25. But we feasted on Thanksgiving. Usually, we had goose. Dad liked goose, probably because more it had dark meat. He made the dressing. […]
The other day, a 30-something guy asked me who, in my younger days, were my favorite singers. I tried to come up with names. Hazel loved Perry Como. I didn’t have a favorite singer, but I could name lots of comedians. I have a picture of Red Skelton hanging in front of me right now. […]
They’ve now faded away like so many thoughts, but it seemed to me the lilac blossoms this year were more lush than ever, but lacked the fragrance we all love. — 0 — Rep. Joe Knollenberg, R-Bloomfield Hills, on the search for Jimmy Hoffa, ‘We can’t spend money for days and weeks and months looking […]
So far this fall I’ve got on my little John Deere tractor, snow blade in place, and pushed the snow aside twice. It wasn’t so long ago I’d complain to myself, bemoaning the task at hand . . . that of clearing the driveway, steps and sidewalk of snow. Nowadays I’ve come to an understanding […]
It was maybe her sophomore year in high school that granddaughter Karen Offer told me (that’s right, told me) she was going to have her graduation open house party at our house. My attention span to her talking is no more than an iota and probably closer to nil. A few minutes of her inserting, […]
Will Rogers said, ‘Get someone else to blow our horn and the sound will carry twice as far.? I watch a lot of sports on television. The majors, baseball, football and basketball get most of my sports viewing time. Please note I wrote ‘viewing? time. None of them get much of my listening time. The […]