My Soap Box

Drop me a line, leave me a comment is a familiar theme here in the house of Blogit. We all like comments and we like to leave them but in reality we run the risk of spending all our time commenting and replying to comments rather than posting. Still, if I have read someone, I like to leave some... Sign in to see full entry.

You might be a fanatic if you won’t see a Hilary Swank movie, because of the resemblance to the name Hillary. You might be a fanatic if you won’t buy Bush’s Baked Beans because of the name, Bush. You might be a fanatic if you won’t buy a lizard that is known as a Newt. You might be a fanatic if you... Sign in to see full entry.

You know those cones they give you at the vets, why do they do that? Yeah, yeah I know, to keep the animal from pulling it’s stitches out, licking things it’s not supposed to, etc, etc. Ok, our cat is 15 years old and this is the first time he had to endure the insult of having a cone placed on his... Sign in to see full entry.

Sure steps to fame and fortune on Blogit. First, the headline must grab the intended audience, usually everyone. As for the fame bit, I have seen new writers zoom right to the top of the popularity rankings, for reasons I don’t understand, or obviously employ. Now for the fortune part, hey, this is... Sign in to see full entry.

Cultural heritage is a term bandied about a lot these days. I think it was mentioned in the Michael Vick case. Also I think it was a facet of the recent whale killings of the Northwest coast. Everybody seems to think it is a big deal to want their cultural heritage. But that is a slippery slope to... Sign in to see full entry.

How many funerals have you been to? It seems some of my earliest memories are of funerals, my dad’s when I was six, then not much later my grandmothers. Then an uncle and so it seemed to go. Later all my grandparents were gone, my step dad, a cousin and a 5 year-old nephew. At these funerals I would... Sign in to see full entry.

Things can be thought of to happen for a reason. For instance, I recently had to change a Dr’s appointment which could only be scheduled on a Tuesday, next Tuesday to be exact. Well, I wasn’t exactly happy with that, but what could I do, apparently I need a bone density scan and to get in on this... Sign in to see full entry.

A DVD review, Eric Clapton, Crossroads guitar festival. I saw this twice in the store before I decided to buy it. It sat on the shelf for two weeks before I found the time to properly give it an eye and ear and I’m glad I did. First of course, there are lots of performances by Eric Clapton and lots... Sign in to see full entry.

The mere mention of insurance sends most of us into a tizzy. But to compare them to the Mafia, is that really fair? Well, to be sure, the Mafia might be offended to be thrown in with the likes of the insurance industry, but that’s their tough luck. The facts – Every year your insurance premiums go... Sign in to see full entry.

So, your team lost and now you feel like crap? And it’s not from drinking enough beer to fill Lake Michigan as the game dragged on and on. What is this association some of us have with sports teams or sports figures? I even suffer a mild form of it. I am a fair-weather Seattle Mariners and Seahawks... Sign in to see full entry.