Flying Toast
Back in the days when I lived in Kid-Dom…(You know… like childhood but you didn’t know that… I mean I didn’t know that.) A time when you were under the impression that all of your discoveries were yours alone; it was kind of like inventing the wheel. In order to draw a correlation between how...
Read More Are you doing anything important, dear?
Jasper and his little dog Prelude balanced precariously at the edge of the mountain’s precipice. Below, a 600 foot drop to their certain death. Only the strength in Jasper’s finely tuned athletic body could save this young athlete and his companion. There would be no turning back. And then, from the next room comes...
Read More Independence Day
It was on a Sunday morning in 1776 that our flag was born. We became the country that would ultimately lead the world in commerce, as well as altruism, never before or since equaled. Tomorrow we celebrate the legal holiday of Independence Day, the Fourth of July. But it is much greater...
Read More The Good and Bad Things About the Olympics
“Like what could possibly be bad about the Olympics?” “Give me a break da harv. It’s been around even longer than you have!” To be precise… you can’t really be precise. Some say the whole rigmarole began in 776 BC. According to whatever Greek scribe you happen to read (sports reporting then was as cliché-filled...
Read More Enough About God
So this atheist goes into a synagogue, stares at the Ark, the Scrolls, and the Eternal Light and exclaims: “These are just superstitions! If I’m wrong, let God correct me.” And a great voice came down from Heaven saying, “You’re right.” *** Before the fighting stopped our chaplains stayed busy. These guys were really good....
Read More It’s Not Divine, Trust Me or Trust me, It’s Not Divine.
(Your choice of usage of the above is dependent on what form of sales you happen to be in.) Words that glide off the tongue disappear more quickly than those words tending to block a happy incident of any kind. Saying something positive and nice usually helps generate moods free of divisiveness. There’s the word...
Read More My Oldest and Dearest Friends…
Not as an idle lest we don’t, or refuse to understand This joyful look is the countenance when confusion Controls the man. Yet we may have together allowed him to lead When never a prayer Nor ever a prayer allows a dolt to succeed Mothers read to us, I remember mine so well About this...
Read More Looking Forward
Looking Forward Looking Forward Looking Forward But then… is there a time when it becomes more prudent for us to glance back in time? Glancing is okay; remaining there will usually cause a problem. “One must never pray for the past to return for, if it became God’s will to grant that wish, life’s light...
Read More Blame It On the Ballpark
· I can’t run on this crappy track.· This gym is too poorly lit for me to shoot baskets.· The diving board is too springy for me.· I need a new set of clubs in order to compete.· What a lousy script.· It was a terrible audience. What do all the above lines have in...
Read More The Old Lamplighter
It was an era of well roundedness. It had to be. A war raged while people of every cut tried desperately to find ways to lessen their life’s burdens. There were still moms, dads, grandparents, boys and girls at play, and most of all young men and women trying to hold on to momentary relationships....
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