My Soap Box

Sheen, that is. If you live in a cave, Charlie Sheen is an actor, a person who makes a living pretending to be someone else. He does posses a certain comedic flair and the hit series he starred in on TV, 2 ½ men was a funny show. But somewhere along the road, Mr. Sheen became a little too full of... Sign in to see full entry.

How did you come up with that? I have been asked that more than once. Humor is all about the unexpected, what good is a punch line the reader can see coming a mile away? A lot of us might walk a mile for a camel, or maybe even take a long hike for a smoke, but that’s not what I’m talking about. Or... Sign in to see full entry.

That mental muscle between your ears will atrophy if you don’t push it. Couch brains around the world are testimony to that, witness the popularity of reality shows. “What?” you say in exasperation, “but I love ‘Carpentry With The Stars’ I thought Charlie Sheen nailed it last week!” I try to take... Sign in to see full entry.

The cloud over all our heads now emanates from the wounded nuclear energy plants in Japan. Supposedly the best designed with the best back-up plans in place, nature once again proved an unpredictable foe. The problem with engineering things is trying to take into account the unforeseen.... Sign in to see full entry.

Pornography on the internet? Say it ain’t so! Oh all right, anyone who has snooped around on the internet has stumbled across pornography. In an attempt to help people determine which way porno lies, a proposal is being made to make pornographic sites have a.xxx extension rather than the.com or.org... Sign in to see full entry.

When one considers the total destruction that occurred in some areas of Japan, watching the water rush in grinding and churning everything in its path as if it was some large scale blender set on Frappe, can there be a strong enough word to describe it? How dare I whine about my back injury, my car... Sign in to see full entry.

How can we be against what we already have? The Obama administration did not bring us socialized medicine, we already have it. If you don't believe it, just go to any hospital, they cannot turn you away even if you have no means to pay the cost of your medical care. Granted, that is the case for... Sign in to see full entry.

Libya, noises are being made regarding establishing a no-fly zone. This would supposedly ground Kadaffi’s aircraft, giving the rebels a fighting chance, no pun intended. The establishment of a no-fly zone, as I understand it, requires aircraft in the air to immediately take out the aircraft that... Sign in to see full entry.

See Dick and Jane. See Spot run. Look out for the car Spot! Oh, oh, oh, now Spot is splat. I’ll admit, that isn’t a real Dick and Jane book but when you hear about the one I saw in a bookstore, you might wish it was. There, on the shelves were the favorites, Fun with Dick and Jane, Fun with our... Sign in to see full entry.

The MLK Day bomber has been arrested near Colville, WA. 36 year old Kevin Harpham has been identified as the person arrested this morning in conjunction with the attempted bombing of a unity parade this last MLK Day. This will probably make the national news so lots of information will be out there.... Sign in to see full entry.