My Soap Box

Pigeon Forge vacations, shoe deals, Christian debt solutions all crowd my e-mail in box clamoring for my attention like an unruly class of third graders that need to go to the bathroom all at once. And yes, I do flush them. I shake my head in wonder. Oddly enough, my sister lives near Pigeon Forge... Sign in to see full entry.

Too many chiefs and not enough Indians. So goes the cliché and corporations in general. I worked for a mom-and-pop parts store in a small town. We had just had our first year of a million dollars in sales. Things were pretty good, but as things go, the owner was getting on in years and wanted to... Sign in to see full entry.

Old joints worn out? Just replace them. I just visited my mother as she recovers from surgery to replace a knee joint. Now both her hips and knees have been “upgraded” to whatever they use to replace the old worn out jobs. What a task it must be to cut a human leg open, saw out the old joint, drill... Sign in to see full entry.

Add another name to the growing shark infested pool of presidential candidates. Frankly, by this time next year, the only ones left on the planet not running for president of the U.S. will be me and you, and I’m not too sure about you. Why was this no surprise? Everyone knows the most viable... Sign in to see full entry.

The nature of consciousness and its affect on global warming. Ripples spreading on the surface of a pool would be a good way to visualize “circles of awareness.” First the basic level is the one that keeps us alive. It is concerned with the “me” and answers to our survival needs. Do I have shelter?... Sign in to see full entry.

Motocross? Car racing? Bull riding? The X-games? Not even close. All of these sports have medical personnel standing by with all the finest equipment. Bull riders have the clown and Freestyle motocrossers practice their backflips over a foam pit before they ever attempt the real thing. The most... Sign in to see full entry.

Ashton Kucher is not in this one. It helps if you have seen the last movie but it also sets up what will happen, which is the same thing that happened in the last movie, namely, messing with the past can screw up the present. Ok, it’s an engaging story, but why do they do these kinds of sequels?... Sign in to see full entry.

The Iraq war has so many opinions spinning about it, the truth remains unknown. Whether one supports the President or whether one considers Iraq “one of the worst foreign policy blunders since the Viet Nam war” doesn’t make a hill of beans to the common Iraqi citizen. First, one can argue all day... Sign in to see full entry.

Not yet, but wait for summer. You know it’s coming. The summer vacation season will bring higher gas prices and they will have to top last years and that means $4 per gallon, at least. That’s my prediction. Why is this? I can’t say for sure, but I think it works like this, the Democrats are in power... Sign in to see full entry.

Keep your extension cords from tangling. Why put yourself through the agony of de-knotting an extension cord when all you want to do is plug the darn thing in and get going. Here’s a trick. When you are done with the cord, lay it out straight so there are no tangles or twists. Take the two ends and... Sign in to see full entry.