Observation: Grass grows faster at night. The lawn always looks like it needs mowing in the morning. People who use washcloths in the shower to clean their ears often push water into their brain which leads to sloshy thinking. This unknown and unproven fact occurred to me while I was pushing water in my ear […]
? Dove, the soap maker, has a new lotion, Deep Moisture. Their commercial claims other lotions just lay on your skin, and they show a woman lathered up in a shower with her clothes on. They make that sound like that’s a bad idea, but speaking for an old single male, that kind of showering […]
Twins dress for bed, male swimmers, etc. I just got around to asking which twin was born first, Haley or Trevor. I asked their sister, Savannah. ‘Trevor by three minutes,? she said. Being a girl at 5, she is also taller than he, which she’s quick to tell you. For those who like our twin-tales, […]
In late June, 1945 I asked my mother if I could volunteer for the U. S. Navy. One brother had been in the Navy since 1943, another in the Marines since 1944. She said I could. She told me later she didn’t believe I could pass the physical. I was six-foot, four-inches and weighed 152 […]
One doesn’t have to spend much time in Alcona County before the subject of cougars comes up. We were drawn there by a tale (tail) told by Fred Latta, Oxford developer/builder. He said a cougar had jumped a pregnant cow near Glennie, bit its tail off, and scratched hide off its back and legs as […]
‘The income tax has made more liars out of people than golf.? — Will Rogers. I’ve been using comments from Will Rogers for over 20 years. It occurred to me recently that fewer and fewer people know who he was or what he did. In 1935, Rogers was killed in an airplane crash in Alaska […]
I love everything about the Fourth of July except the fireworks. Love the parades with decorated bikes and trikes, dogs with colorful bandana collars, babies waving American flags from their strollers, marching bands with patriotic music, etc. But not the fireworks. I even like parade-participating politicians. And, the picnics, beaches, shade, lounges, convertibles, potato salad, […]
Advising brides, grooms with ‘R? last names Hope it’s not too late in June to give child naming advice to newly-or about-to-be-weds. After being told about a cougar attacking a pregnant cow near Glennie, and not being able to find any newspaper account of it, (Do you realize six newspaper serve Alcona County?) I decided […]
Newscasts start with, ‘There’s breaking news!? Newspapers? headlines scream: H1N1, Unemployment Rises, Storms, Too Many Potholes. All are meant to startle listeners and readers enough to drive us to drink, then the headlines will read, ‘Drunkenness on the Rise! Well, don’t let me change the mood. Here’s a Sunday headline: ‘Group says 17,291 species threatened […]
I know wearing a seat belt while driving is a state law. And, I usually buckle mine. But, I do it reluctantly. I do it because I don’t want to pay any branch of government more money. And, I don’t do it believing it will save my life. Safety belts have not eliminated deaths. Statistics […]