My Soap Box

Abortion: No issue is as rife with emotion as abortion. Pro-Life. Pro-Choice. Tiny terms to define such a far reaching matter. Of course the fetus is alive, but at what point could it survive without medical intervention? For that matter pre-mature babies are surviving earlier and earlier... Sign in to see full entry.

Echoes reverberate Until the silence rules again. Life grinds away Until its echoes Are the only reverberations left. Each day a step Each hour a step Each minute a step Each second… Then a new day rolls around Same as the last Full of hope and promise If we can but slog Past the fear and dread.... Sign in to see full entry.

It’s the putting off that’s fun but sometimes the doing turns out to be fun too. I can put off with the best of them but when it comes time to do whatever it is I have put off, I always wonder what the real plan was? Today I rebuilt the carburetor on my riding mower. Really, I only had it off for a... Sign in to see full entry.

Public restroom toilet paper. Am I right? So, in some boardroom somewhere, there was a meeting of how to improve the “bottom” line. Wink, wink, nod, nod. A manager with a MBA, BS and a DNS (just think a second, it will come to you) stood up and said, “we are spending too much on toilet supplies." I... Sign in to see full entry.

I just flew in from the coast, boy were those air traffic controllers tired! The rash of sleeping guardians of the air seems odd, has it been going on all along and nobody bothered reporting it? Or is there something “they” are putting in our water that is causing air traffic controllers to fall... Sign in to see full entry.

No, not government for prophet, that’s not something anyone should want. First, let’s look at the current state of our government, up to and way the hell above their eyeballs in debt. A lot of people like to point out that governments should run like businesses, that is they only spend money they... Sign in to see full entry.

An Australopithecus, one Og by name, discovered that plants grew better in a tended area where weeds could be kept out and water applied. As Og put it, “me call it garden” and it was a big hit. Now, it happened that some lazy neighbors down the road saw the garden and one of them, Slog thought, “why... Sign in to see full entry.

It’s all bridge under the water now. When the government doesn’t run the way it should, you know inverted like. Do you know the difference between a corpse and a politician? You expect the corpse to stink the place up! Seriously, when it comes to spending money there is no more efficient machine... Sign in to see full entry.

More than a song by Buddy Miles and Jimi Hendrix, it is my life since December 4 th 2010. On that day, my life change forever and not for the better. I had two cords of firewood delivered and decided for some reason that I would stack it all that afternoon. My back was sore that evening but I... Sign in to see full entry.

Electric cars, the future of the future or one more idea soon to be found in museums only? Don’t get me wrong, I like the idea of electric commuter cars; I just don’t think they are as practical as they need to be. One thing that troubles me is that in the parts of the country that experience... Sign in to see full entry.