Cosmo or Coma: al Qaeda Offers Women Both
Literature is rife with stories of people who made deals with the devil for youth, beauty, riches, or success in exchange for their soul. Usually the devil seeks them out in a moment of weakness, like he did Faust or Joe Boyd in the Broadway hit, “Damn Yankees”. Today, the always adaptable Lucifer entered the [...]
Upon Reflection…Pretending to shoot the President is not a game
I’ve spent the past couple of days thinking about the incident in Roseto where the local church carnival made the national news for a game where people shot foam darts at a likeness of President Obama holding a “healthcare bill”. It’s important in these times of real problems and real dangers to not overreact to [...]
A Quick Observation From The Peanut Gallery
Honoring one’s social obligations is not always convenient but as my mother used to say, “Good manners is what separates us from lesser creatures”. (My mother was one-of-a-kind) Tonight, despite lots of work and a pressing deadline, such an obligation required my attendance, so I washed off the writer’s grime of the past few days, [...]
Worse Case Scenario
Technology is not my thing; I’m fairly adept at operating my computer and my smartphone…as long as they work the way they’re supposed to. But the minute there’s a problem, I need to call in the experts. As the regular readers of this blog know, I just recently rejoined the blogosphere. Happy to be back [...]
Technical Difficulties….
Having some serious technical issues with the blog. Thought at first that it had been hacked , which may still be the case. There also seems to be technical issues with platform; not sure if the two things are related. The “Blog Guru”, that’s not me, it’s a real blog guru who does this for [...]
Buy Buy American Pie by Capitol Steps
A somewhat amusing but hauntingly true depiction of The United States’ dependency on China from the entertainment group “Capitol Steps”.
Allentown’s Cell Phone Ban & My Car Saga
A few days ago I wrote about my search for a new car and the negative experience I had with one local dealer, who I’m not naming, publicly. (All of you who have emailed directly to ask who it is, know that I’ll be glad to name them, privately.) The lease is up on my [...]
What Recession? Go Away, You’re Bothering Us
I’m about to enter the dreaded “new car zone”…that black hole of fear and uncertainty, where we wander aimlessly until we emerge on the other side with more horsepower and gadgets than we need having spent more money than we intended. I go through this exercise every 3 to 4 years. This time I was [...]
