2013? 2013!! Yes… 2013. Period. And Labor Day along with it. This Billy Joel song, FAMOUS LAST WORDS, is the ballad of my labor days of years past, present, and probably future.. I still recall getting this CD for my birthday from my brother in 1993, and I listened to it over and over, and … Read more
Month: August 2013
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS OUT
There’s a lot of parents who worry about their children playing football and getting head injuries. But apparently they are not worried enough to actually stop sending their golden children into battle on fields across the United States, as this report shows with facts..
Bad pop culture colliding
Did You Know MLK’s “I Have a Dream” Speech is Copyrighted?
Never knew this.. Did You Know MLK’s “I Have a Dream” Speech is Copyrighted?
The good old days weren’t all that good but war’s still as bad as it seems
I was 23 years young and dumb, fighting for my rights to party somewhere in a smoky bar room–you could smoke back then.. And on the cover of TIME MAGAZINE: George W. Bush with a big headline “Do you want this war?” Americans were torn..And now in 2013, after a decade of war and then … Read moreThe good old days weren’t all that good but war’s still as bad as it seems
My wife’s reaction to me doing something dumb
Tara: Stop doing that or I’ll smack in you in the head with my iPad Me: What if I told you, in 2007 when we got married, that one day you’d tell me you’d smack me in the head with your iPad? Tara: …silence..
Do we still have a dream?
Half a century later.. how far did we come? Some would argue not too far at all. I will not digress into banter about politics, crime, or other types of divisive issues.. but I will say this. The left leaning media did a bang up job dividing the nation by race during the Trayvon Martin … Read moreDo we still have a dream?
The purpose of life: Living 88 years, serving the nation, and being killed by teenagers in a disgusting act of inhumane violence..
So Delbert Benton served in World War II.. he defended the nation.. he lived 88 years. And then he was killed by two teenagers in a senseless act of violence? Sickening. There are nights, like tonight, when I become physically ill by my fellow human.. This is a terrible story..
Damn it Neil, the name’s Nuwanda
Will the media stop referring to Bradley Manning as Bradley now? Will they respect his wishes and call him Chelsea?What will Chelsea lately have to say?Or Bill Bradley?My mind is racing. He’s a poet among us… DPS.
The Syrian chemical, attack: What we know. And what we really know
By now you know about or have scenes images of the purported chemical attack in Syria. There is still debate about who did it.. how it was done.. when it was done, and all of those things that come with the fog of war–even foggier because of the players in this conflict.. I know this.. … Read moreThe Syrian chemical, attack: What we know. And what we really know