My Soap Box

Remember when people answered the phone? Now it’s something like this, “Welcome, Ben Venedious, Parlez Vous, How Y’all Doin’ – you have called Mega Zillionaire Corporation, most likely wanting to talk to a person, and rest assured we appreciate your call, it is important to us (but not important... Sign in to see full entry.

“Some people are addicted to sex” or some such thought provoking was tangled up in the plot of this popular TV show. For sometime now, I have been working on the corollary of that statement, that being, “some people are addicted to not having sex.” Something about the statement I heard sparked the... Sign in to see full entry.

Are we Pavlovic slaves to the small screen? That’s what a recent commercial seems to say. The scene is a roomful of restless young people, at a school I think. It appears bedlam is about to ensue, when the adult, teacher, or whom ever is representing the voice of order and reason pulls down a DVD... Sign in to see full entry.

I love my keyless entry. It allows me to lock and unlock the car with the simple click of a button. Greater security is ensured. However, I began to think about what would happen if I lost my key in a store. In the old days, a person could tell if the key was for a GM, Ford or whatever, but which... Sign in to see full entry.

Carrie Underwood (geez, I hope I got that right) has a song that is very popular these days. She soulfully belts out a country gem focused on her cheating, well, I really don’t know the relationship, but he cheated on her nonetheless. She croons about “taking her key to the side of his truck,... Sign in to see full entry.

Finally, your kids have left home and it’s just the two of you rambling around in a large quiet house. Now if someone makes a mess or leaves a light on, it’s no mystery who did it. Our cats are really bad at leaving the lights on and making messes, that’s my story and I’m sticking to it. Seriously,... Sign in to see full entry.

Now we have something besides Anna Nicole to occupy our minds. Who is Imus to cast aspersions on a person’s appearance? After all, one could say he is a hippie throwback to the 60s. Which brings us to a point. Today’s athletes do have their visual shall we say, oddities? Piercings, tattoos and baggy... Sign in to see full entry.

That is the writer’s mantra. No where is it more true than here in Blogit. That is if you are trying to be in the top rankings. It isn’t as much about quality as quantity. To be sure, one can’t just turn out post after post of drivel, people will catch on. On the other side of the coin, one could... Sign in to see full entry.

Every where I went a blog idea popped into my head. The nurses laugh, trickling like notes on the musical scale. The strange group of people with various bandages all waiting for the doctor to come back. The fist man to get called, I only know his name was Lars. As they faded down the hallway we... Sign in to see full entry.

A few weeks ago mass protests were staged against the Iraq war. I happened upon one such group walking alongside one of the main thoroughfares in Spokane, Washington. They had their signs, people were honking and seemed excited, more of a party atmosphere than a serious challenge to a failed policy.... Sign in to see full entry.