Recently Seattle was awarded, for the second year in a row, the title of "Most miserable sports city." We can thank the fine folks at Forbes magazine for giving us this most dubious honor.
As Mother's Day approaches, it’s given me time to think about what my mom has meant to me. Since I hate buying cards from Hallmark, and sending flowers that will be dead in a week has never appealed to me, I would like to say thanks here and now to my mom and other moms around the world.
Spring has officially sprung, the birds are chirping, the moles have returned to form their own underground condo (don’t ask) and my thoughts are preoccupied with baseball, golf and barbecue.
I have given the impression that I hate television and all it stands for. Not true. I do enjoy some television, but it has to meet my high standards as a person with a brain.
Last month on the “Rachel Maddow” show, Rachel, through the magic of television, called Glenn Beck a hypocrite and a liar. Also for those who may have missed it, Glenn Beck called Rachel Maddow a liar and unpatriotic.
Since Tiger Woods is still in a self-imposed exile, we can all feel sorry for him that he has contracted this horrible disease.
Attack of the Moles!
I wish this was some bad movie title, but it isn’t. My backyard is looking like an adolescent boy’s face, with mini craters popping up everywhere.
As Thanksgiving approaches it’s clear to me that finding things to be thankful for can be difficult. With flood concerns, flu season, wars, and civil unrest, it’s harder these days to stop and think “What can I be thankful for?”
I have been on a self-improvement kick lately. As some of you may know I recently lost 95 pounds of biscuits-and-gravy fat due to a flu bug about five years ago. That and a continued determination to not die while tying my shoes.
For years now I have operated under the rule that I do not believe anything my government tells me. If my government told me the… Continue reading
As you know, Michael Jackson died last week from an apparent heart attack. It is too early to tell what officially was the cause of… Continue reading
As the nation continues its economic troubles, people are desperate for any and all discounts, deals and markdowns. My family is in the same lifeboat… Continue reading
I’ll admit it. I love music. My favorites are Western swing, Country and Western, and early Rock and Roll. I grew up with the delicious… Continue reading
I’ll admit it. I love music. My favorites are Western swing, Country and Western, and early Rock and Roll. I grew up with the delicious… Continue reading
By now almost everyone has seen the photo of Olympic gold medal winner Michael Phelps smoking marijuana. He has apologized to the world for his… Continue reading
You may be sitting at home right now, looking at my picture and thinking, “wow, rugged good looks and a writer too?”
But besides modesty, I also carry an extra 40 pounds of biscuits and gravy, pizza and beer, known collectively as “fat.”
When I am not fighting grammar wars writing these columns, I can be found usually awake, at my other occupation, selling sporting goods for a… Continue reading
In the recent election in California, Proposition 8 was voted down 52.2 percent to 47.8 percent. This made it illegal once again for homosexuals to… Continue reading
