My Soap Box

Throwing money at schools has been the preferred method of many as a way to improve our schools. But there is another, better, cheaper way to improve school performance. Face it, building sparkling schools and staffing them with a BMW driving faculty seems like a good way to get our children to the... Sign in to see full entry.

My premiums go up, my coverage goes down, what the hell are they doing with my money? Not only that, if I ever switch companies, guess who gets to keep all that money I have been putting in over the years? I’ll give you one guess and I am excluded. Just like a lot of service fees. Office calls are... Sign in to see full entry.

The Love Guru previews made it look like another hysterical Mike Myers romp. The actual viewing experience was more like getting root canal procedure done. I like silly humor and bad puns as well as the next guy, ok, more than the next guy but not even I could muster more than three or four good... Sign in to see full entry.

Barbara Ann, or is it something about Iran? Who could blame McCain, it fits so well… Bomb bomb bomb Bomb bomb Iran That is our plan They’ll be rocking and a reelin’ In downtown Tehran! Remember Shock and Awe? U.S. military leaders were probably shocked that we missed Sadaam and his cronies and were... Sign in to see full entry.

Lift your spirit with music. Here is a clip that I think you need to see. It answers two questions. One: what kind of music does old F4T really like? Two: what makes this clip so great? First, I didn’t really have much of an idea who Steve Vai was, other than he was on an album callted GTR which was... Sign in to see full entry.

Is Sarah Palin saying “by golly” really an issue? No, not even close, no more so than Joe Biden taking three times to pronounce a common word. In fairness, I don’t remember what word it was, but I do remember the triple clutch. Apparently the smarty-ass liberal comedians missed that one. I can’t... Sign in to see full entry.

The election is now less than a month away. It only started a year and a half ago, or maybe nearly 4 years ago, who really knows? With all that time, I still am undecided. I must have more information and not the kind from people with an agenda. Our government is supposed to consist of the congress... Sign in to see full entry.

Palin vs Biden, Joe vs Sarah, Washington D.C. insider vs Alaska soccer mom, its all behind us now. Do these debates really change anyone's mind? You know they are going to trumpet the party line from the get-go. You also know they will spend most of their time telling you what the other guys are... Sign in to see full entry.

That favorite song or group from your past can be re-experienced again. Did you ever see Three Dog Night perform “Easy to be hard”? Maybe Les Paul and Mary Ford playing a duet on matching guitars? How about Iron Butterfly performing “In a gadda-da-vidda” on American Bandstand with Dick Clark asking... Sign in to see full entry.

Farm livin’ wasn’t for me, really. Oh sure, we enjoyed the freedom of exploring the neighboring woods for literally miles around us, building forts and making trails to ride our bicycles on, but for me, the lure wasn’t of the wild, but of the town. One store in particular, one of those old wooden... Sign in to see full entry.