My Soap Box

There are two blogging categories that stress me out. One is this one, opinions and the other it poetry. If you don’t post regularly (try every hour on the hour) you slip in the ratings faster than Howard Dean after a good old-fashioned rant. The opinion category is the one place I try to be... Sign in to see full entry.

It’s so maddening. We bloggers post away, the ratings go up, then, POW life kicks you in the ass. I’ve been so busy doing “real” things, I haven’t posted to this poor neglected soapbox for a week. There must be something on my mind, besides my hat that is! Ok, we get to have a primary election in... Sign in to see full entry.

Step parents have it tough. They can never take the place of the missing parent and all to often the child resents having a usurper bossing them around. My dad died when I was six so my memories of him a few and vague. I know he liked to listen to baseball on the radio (in 1953 it wasn’t on TV yet I... Sign in to see full entry.

Time, Einstein said, is relative. Now, I would like to propose the theory of relatives who are always on time. You know the ones, you are supposed to be at their house at 6:00pm and they call you at 5:45 to see if you are on your way yet. They preface it with the excuse, “well, I just saw on TV that... Sign in to see full entry.

Whoopi whupped up on by the corporate machine! Free speech may be alive and well in America, but not in Corporate America. Apparently they hire people to be spokespersons, not outspoken persons. Hello, Slim-Fast, exactly how do you think the sharp tongued comic will personify you in her next act?... Sign in to see full entry.

A comment on my last blog by lackadaisial gave me food for thought. The comment specifically was, “ I don't vote because I hate politicians ”. Ok, fair enough, but there is a hidden reality here that not many have thought through. Let me first state that I am not singling out Lakadaisial, I am... Sign in to see full entry.

As politics itself becomes more divisive, why do the choices seem less distinct? Bush and Kerry would have you believe that they offer two greatly opposite ends of political choice. But when you get right down to it, they still have to deal with the Senate and Congress. All those beaurocracies don’t... Sign in to see full entry.

With the naming of North Carolina Senator John Edwards as his running mate, things look brighter for Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry. Edwards seems a little less aloof, maybe he knows a little more about the middle class from which he rose. Myself I would rather have seen an Edwards,... Sign in to see full entry.

That little tally sheet that reveals whom I have been clicking on, will remain forever just that, my distribution list. Count me among the many that have used a misleading headline to gain an audience. I know, you can’t help it, and neither can I. When I see those proclamations I eagerly click to... Sign in to see full entry.

Summer is upon us like a case of prickly heat. I set in my porch swing and survey what passes for my lawn. I water it, mow it and walk all over it, but still there are spots, everywhere. Brown spots and dark green spots mottle what refuses to match my neighbors putting green quality grass carpet. No... Sign in to see full entry.