Thursday, July 16, 2009
Not Photogenic
When I was back at home on vacation a few weeks ago, I was over at Mom and Dad’s house for supper. My mom made sauerkraut and dumplings for me and dad like she always does when I come home. After supper my sister Pauline said “Hang around after supper, we are going to show the old home pictures.”...
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Kamikaze Drivers
Like most people I have to work in order to make a living. One of the major problems with having to work for a living is that you have to drive to get there. I used to live in Rochester, NY. It is a mid sized city and the traffic jams are never very bad. I now live in Miami, FL. It is a major...
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Sunday, July 12, 2009
I Sing Like a Toad
Like most people, after a hard week of work I feel the need to decompress; you know let my hair down and have some fun. I often like to have fun by going down to the local watering hole where they have karaoke every Friday night. Like most of the people in there, it often takes me a couple of shots...
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Thursday, July 9, 2009
The Price of Being Nice
I don't really care for commercials. I normally fast forward through them if I'm watching on TIVO. But there is one set of commercials I will watch. Ever see the ads for Liberty Mutual where one person does a good deed, and is seen by someone else? Who then does something nice for someone else,...
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Saturday, July 4, 2009
Don't Let the Jones' Get You Down
Jesus said “It is easier for a camel to pass through an eye of a needle, than a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven.” Why is this? Is it because God dislikes rich people? No. The reason it is so difficult for a rich person to enter into Heaven is because, since they have all of their physical...
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Friday, July 3, 2009
Condensing Infinity
Man's view of God really hasn't changed much in the last 4,000 years. Even today, most people's conception of God resembles Michelangelo's famous depiction on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican City. There is God, often depicted as a gray-haired, bearded old man, and there is Man,...
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Tolerance
When our founding fathers started our great country, it was based on the tenet that all men are equal, regardless of their religion or creed. This is something we all outwardly want; nobody wants someone else to tell them what to believe. The problem is that there are way too many of us who have no...
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Monday, June 29, 2009
Hot Flashes
Back in the fall of 1973, I was a young freshman at the University of Miami. I was given a room at the older dorm, Mahoney Hall. There was no air conditioning in our room so the September nights were often pillow-soaked experiences. Late in that month, they installed a room air conditioner. My...
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Saturday, June 27, 2009
Celebrity Hurricane Death Pool
This post was originally published back in August of 2008 in an alternative universe. It is re-published for your enjoyment. Here we go again. After narrowly skirting the last two hurricanes, we now have three more knocking on our door step. Hurricane Hannah, is expected to slide past us here in...
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Janis Has Returned (And She Brought a Guitar With Her)
Well, I just got home from my vacation. I spent much of the week checking out new acts at The Rochester Jazz Fest. I had a real good time, and it was very enlightening. I saw a lot of great acts, and learned about some new rising stars. This post is to tell you about one of them. When I was a young...
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