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I watched the Cardinals lose, and it was refreshing to see a team come back to win the pennent in seven games. During commercial breaks I flipped to C-SPAN ro check the action on the presidential debates. OMG! Did you see the look on Romney's face? He was thinking something like "...get me the hell... Sign in to see full entry.

I hate when i'm right, but three weeks ago in this space -- after listening to a long discussion about the campaign and the debates on the BBC -- I surmised that both candidates would get asSertive and aggressive in their strengths, and stand still and "not take the bait" in their weaker areas. But... Sign in to see full entry.

The way our world has changed by way of technological advances, means different things to different people. To some the world is more dangerous now for our children, families, homeland security. To others the new world has opened up opportunities. You just can't say enough about the new... Sign in to see full entry.

My favorite American author is Nelson DeMille. His most noticed work is called The General's Daughter, which was made into a movie starring John Travolta as the fearless military detective Paul Brenner. Spoiler alert: I can't remember how it ends but it ruins his career because the guilty party was... Sign in to see full entry.

Devin Hylton ( http://www.amazon.com/Devin-Hylton/e/B008VFZQS2 ) is a guy I met last year on facebook. He has recently been published several times and has contracted for four or five more books in the near future. Evidently, he is the writer and has an illustrator. His genre is called graphic... Sign in to see full entry.

It's ten-thirty on Tuesday night. For me it is the best part of the week. I am a substitute teacher, at age 61, after thirty years working in the Des Moines Public Schools. On Wednesday the entire district is released ninety minutes early. That puts me at Thursday morning facing two days of work,... Sign in to see full entry.

One of my favorite American families is breakfast of champions, Bruce Jenner, his two daughters -- and the entire Kardashian female riot. You can catch up with them on E! Network almost any hour of the day or night. Kris is Bruce's wife. She divorced the infamous Kardashian, who was O.J. Simpson's... Sign in to see full entry.

The Daily Caller.com is running its morning addition with claims of a major split between the Clintons and the Obamas. "Obama Throws Hillary Under the Bus" is part of the heading or sub-heading. The rift is supposed to have taken place over the Vice President's answer last night that neither he nor... Sign in to see full entry.

After several days of reading about this supposed Romney surge, I've come to the conclusion that it is real. Even if the crooked pollsters have switch to using "likely voters" which helps Romney, it doesn't matter. This is a racist country to its blood-splattered and mud-caked boots. These droves... Sign in to see full entry.

When you drop out of Blogit, you feel listless and you need to find a hobby. So you go out into the city looking for ideas. Waiting for traffic to cross the street you notice happy people riding by in a bus. You decide to take a bus, and you wind up at the Bronx Zoo. You go into the zoo and begin to... Sign in to see full entry.