My Soap Box

Mr. Wall street, prepare to join the ranks of used car salesmen, telemarketers and yes, even lawyers as people we like least. Take your place in the smelly basement of public opinion, you’ve earned it by squandering amounts of money no middle class person can even fathom, getting away with it and... Sign in to see full entry.

Jack and Jill went up capitol hill, mostly because they had been served subpoenas. Jack, it seems was CEO of a large financial corporation, had run it into the ground and then got a $3 mil severance package. Poor Jack, whatever will he do? Jill was caught offering sexual favors to a congressman in... Sign in to see full entry.

Pulling the plug on a blog is never easy, but I think my “Adult” blog had run it’s course. Erotica isn’t easy to write and the return just isn’t there. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy dabbling in the dark side, but I noticed a few of the talents there have moved on so I decided it was time to replace... Sign in to see full entry.

Or music to drive you crazy? Let’s wax nostalgic for a little while. Your ride is washed and waxed, the windshield is clean, inside and out. It sits on the driveway yearning for some road time. You oblige by slipping behind the wheel, adjusting the mirrors, seat position, lowering your shades to the... Sign in to see full entry.

Great, that means you must have some idea of what you want the camera to do. Don’t be daunted by all those confusing f/stops, shutter speeds and terms that in the old days you had to know. Now in the digital age, more than likely, your camera can do all that for you if you just know which setting to... Sign in to see full entry.

I know what I meant, but that’s not what you think I meant. Or something like that. When we have something important to say, it is worth the effort to think it through, to see how others might mis-interpret what you are trying to say. Take my previous post here, I wanted to say the race card was... Sign in to see full entry.

I seriously hope politicians are past playing the race card, but even if they don’t, race will be a big issue in this election. I have read one black conservative columnist who professed that while he is a Republican, he most likely will vote for Obama because he is black. His feeling was that it... Sign in to see full entry.

A black, a woman, youth and experience are all sure to be key issues in the upcoming election. It doesn’t take a Nostrodamus to foretell the outcome of Election ’08 or whatever the media is going to call it. Obama will win, but not by a landslide. Lets hope the Supreme Court doesn’t have to bang the... Sign in to see full entry.

The real tragedy of 911 was it’s impact on the lives of ordinary people. This movie examines the life of one of those who lost family that day. Yes, Adam Sandler is in the movie and while his character is troubled, he plays it straight and to the hilt. Don Cheadle as an old college roommate with... Sign in to see full entry.

A simple enough question but the answer? Not so much. I remember my mother doing our washing. I looked at the washing machine and for some reason, wondered if my mother saw exactly the same thing I saw. Why I wondered this at about 5 years old, I don’t know, perhaps things philosophical come... Sign in to see full entry.