3/25/15 Immuno-compromised

Yep. That’s me. I am immuno-compromised. But what does that mean? That means, so far, I have been extremely fortunate, though I have the misfortune of not ever being able to eat my favorite oysters on the half-shell. It is my part of the compromise of immuno-compromisation. I don’t eat the oysters, and they don’t…

3/18/15 To Infinity and Beyond

I borrowed the title from Buzz Lightyear. Thanks, Buzz. I’ve had my eye on infinity for a while, now. I think I might be gaining on it. We’re all actually gaining on it whether we know it or not, really. It’s a morbid thought, or it’s an expansive one, depending on what my frame of…

3/5/15 Talent Eventually Succumbs to Surliness

Until just this week, I had an employee, a Mr. Surly, a foreman who was extremely talented and good at what he did. The quality of his work was impeccable. This talent and capability covered a multitude of other shortcomings, which chiefly consisted of a growing and ultimately complete inability to get along with anyone…

2/22/15 February Frigidity

I will complain a bit about the cold weather, if you don’t mind. I will complain a bit if you do. I want to complain about it and will not be deterred. If you are satisfied with the weather, then turn the page, or rather, in modern parlance, hit the back button. If you are…

2/14/15 Do You Believe in Science?

What a question! Yet, that seems to be a question that is being asked of many. It is the moment’s meme. Why would science need my belief? It begs the question. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, who, by the way, did not finish college, much to the apparent concern of former DNC Chairman Howard Dean and…

2/11/15 Stuck in Writing Exile

I cannot seem to get anything written, not because of the lack of desire to write, or an absence or words, but because there’s simply nothing that needs to be said. After forcing myself to fore-go politics, though I am passionate about politics, I have lost my desire to write about it. I would prefer…

1/17/15 The Great One

There was no bigger star in the 1950s than Jackie Gleason, who was called “The Great One” by many of his peers. I first became aware of Jackie with his mid-60s variety show hosted in Miami Beach, and through re-runs of The Honeymooners. If you take early television and mention Jackie, Lucille Ball, Jack Benny,…