On the eve of the election, I felt so much uncertainty.  The week after, that uncertainty is amplified many times over. I wanted to write a post-election blog the day after the election. But I decided to wait, to wait until the proverbial smoke has cleared.    It is now a week  later, not much has […]

Tonight we face an uncertainty of tomorrow …more so than ever before. During my many nights of insomnia, I’ve thought of this uncertainty, an uncertainty caused by the current election. Now I don’t think election issues are the sole cause of my insomnia (I would have insomnia anyway),  but they have surely made it worse. […]

    Are you a liberal planning a trip through the South? As in Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee or worse? Then you should seriously consider the following:   Stay out of towns with biblical names.  Names like Hephzibah, Obadiah, and Boaz should tell you something.   Don’t tell anyone you are a Jew, agnostic, or … […]

This joke has been making its way around the Internet for the last few weeks.  I have no idea who wrote it, but it’s funny!    Yesterday I was at Costco buying a large bag of Purina dog chow for my loyal pet, Owen , the Wonder Dog, and was in the check-out line when […]

I don’t cook very often because if something can go wrong, it will.  Like if I made popcorn stuffing, it would be sure to blow the oven door off the stove.  When we get together for a big dinner, everyone is wary…you’d think they were going to die of ptomaine.  I don’t like having that […]

Cats are enigmatic.  They want something and they will let you know.   Sooner or later. Usually later.  Sometimes never. Here is a typical “conversation”:

The other night, Halloween, was a long night. No sleep for me, whatsoever . I had apprehensive moments all night -dialing in the numbers to call Ralph on the great white intercom. All because I had to go and eat a half a bag of potato chips, followed by chasers of m&m’s, Snickers, Milky Ways, […]

From A Past Life:   Teaching Chemistry: I once told my chemistry class if they wanted evidence of a chemical reaction, all they had to do was eat hardboiled eggs and sauerkraut. Because they would produce: Gas. Lots of small bubbles and maybe, even lots of big ones. You know, the painful, oh my god! My […]

“Idiot: A member of a large, powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling.” -Ambrose Bierce   I just realized that I have to adjust my attitude on life and become an idiot. Why? Because the current health magazines say idiots are optimists and optimists live longer. I will abandon […]