My Soap Box

Look at the comments section of any on-line news story or anything posted on You-Tube. Suddenly all America has an outlet. No more pesky letters to the editors where you have to have a point, be able to express a thought coherently and without resorting to name-calling or expletives. Now everyone... Sign in to see full entry.

The holly daze are over. Blogs need updating but what to write? I looked into the vaults and pulled out this one from the past. I am including comments updating the issues of those days in red. I chose to update my humor blog but at this moment, nothing is really funny to me. Last Wednesday I had an... Sign in to see full entry.

What are we in for? I’ll tell you, the future is what we are in for. Of course, no one call tell exactly what the future holds, but history does tend to repeat itself, mostly because humans don’t study it and are doomed to repeat history. So, if one gives serious thought to what things might happen,... Sign in to see full entry.

That’s the word - if you want money from the bailout fund, your top executive will be limited to only $500,000 per year. This is not a broadsword approach, only companies asking for bail-out money will come under this ruling. Some say this is the precipice of a “slippery slope” that they fear the... Sign in to see full entry.

Ok, its stopped being cute, I want it to be over, NOW! Seriously, we haven’t had new snow in almost three weeks. I just took this photo of our entryway and as you can see the accumulated snow and the snow that slid off the roof is elbow high at my front door. I had to shovel this path out three... Sign in to see full entry.

Finite fuel sources, one solution, hybrid cars use partial electric power to increase fuel mileage. As fuel prices soared last year, the push was on to further enhance the performance of hybrid cars, the solution is the plug-in hybrid. These vehicles use an additional lithium type battery and... Sign in to see full entry.

Twice this year, Monster Truck events have been visited by the specter of death. I know a lot of people are upset about this, as well they should be, that is not the kind of thing you think about when you plunk down the $5 for a kids seat. You expect that kid to walk out after its all over by your... Sign in to see full entry.

“I’m just addicted to drugs” is the excuse a 22-year old Spokane man gave in a news story reported in the Spokane Spokesman Review, Saturday, January 24. 2009. Jody Lawrence-Turner wrote the article that told the story of Cory Morse. Morse was arrested Thursday on “multiple counts of theft and... Sign in to see full entry.

I don’t feel like it. I don’t have anything to say. Ok, so I have lots to say, who wants to listen, or read as it were? Everyone, that’s who! After all, I have my own little blog here and that just about makes me an expert on anything I want to be an expert on. I could whine and cry that the country... Sign in to see full entry.

I was pondering today what would be the best way to celebrate this mans’ life. I thought about a future scenario: “Mom, we studied Martin Luther King in school today, what was racism like?” The mother would furrow her brow, then answer “It’s been so long ago that I don’t really remember.” How long,... Sign in to see full entry.