My Soap Box

Open up your freezer, climb in, welcome to our weather. The last few weeks have been cold. It has gone above freezing twice in the last three weeks, and the forecast for next week is sub-zero at night with single digits in the daytime. This is serious wood stove weather. One benefit, if you can... Sign in to see full entry.

That famous traction can be your downfall. Now, we have all seen the ads touting the safety and security of four-wheel (or all-wheel) drive. For the most part, this is true, with all four wheels pulling for you, your directional stability is greatly enhanced. You can also accelerate quicker and... Sign in to see full entry.

There it was in living color. A faucet. Water came out when the handle was turned and the reassuring male voice intoned, “Nothing works like a _________ faucet!” How clever, but if the inflection is changed ever so slightly it comes out thus, “Nothing works, like a _________ faucet!” You see,... Sign in to see full entry.

“Experts” agree with me. You may recall that my wife and I finally made a decision to buy a new car and it was a long drawn out process. Finally, we decided on a 2007 Toyota Camry SE for a multitude of reasons. Now I see that Motor Trend Magazine has chosen the 07 Camry as it’s Car of the Year in... Sign in to see full entry.

We should not celebrate the death of Saddam. We should be glad he is dead, but we must remember the reason he was put to death is the deaths he caused. Without that loss of life, there would be no reason for him to have been executed. We should note what happened at this point in history and move on... Sign in to see full entry.

The Donald is at it again. The ego that knows no bounds has seized control of Trump’s brain and led it down the litigation path. His lawyers must be rubbing their hands in glee at the prospect of yet more job security. On to the crux of the story. He is suing the city of Palm Beach, Fla. Why? One... Sign in to see full entry.

Throw out those Earth Shoes and bring on the Gucci’s. There comes a time when style should take priority over function. That time for me is now. I have earned it after all, my kids are through school, both have their own houses and my house is paid for. All of this happened because we employed a... Sign in to see full entry.

What does that mean? I’ll tell you what it means. It means the speaker is saying they don’t respect the person they are addressing, that’s what it means. “With all due respect (which is exactly none at all) you must be some king of @#$!@#%^g idiot or something. You hear it all the time in political... Sign in to see full entry.

The shaky camera shot technique, or whatever you call it is irritating. I call it nauseating, and it must be doubly so in hi-def on a big screen TV. I don’t know if NYPD Blue was the first, but they certainly vaulted that sickening technique into the forefront, and now even some Lifetime shows use... Sign in to see full entry.

As I navigated my flying car home from another day at the holographic television plant, I was giving much consideration to which color of nutrient pill I was going to consume when I got home to my nuclear - powered air - inflated completely - recyclable house. That’s the way things are in the future... Sign in to see full entry.