Tonight I met Bud Earl Lee. Told him I rewrote his lyrics to, “Blame it all on my boots, I showed up with roots that didn’t match my blond-dyed hair.” He didn’t seem impressed. He then quoted Shakespeare. I should have taken that as a hint, but I didn’t get it until Darla pulled me [...]

Overheard in the line to the courthouse this morning: “When I look at you I’m reminded of all the bad times and everything I’ve missed in my life.” OUCH!

Multiple children dressed as pirates leading parents off the plane. I wonder what that means for the weekend in Las Vegas.

Overheard at the Library. “I’m going to have to ask you to move.” “Why?” “This area’s reserved for children under 17 and their guardians. Are you under 17? Do you have child?” “Not with me. And there’s no one else here.” “I understand, but you’ll need to move.” “I don’t see why. There’s no one [...]

I spent five minutes eavesdropping on a conversation between the copier repair man and a co-worker today at work. ‎”No, we didn’t select 9 x 11 paper.” “We’ll someone did.” “It wasn’t us. Why would I? I just want to make a copy.” “We’ll someone did. It’s Canadian paper sizes and it won’t work.” “I [...]

Not to alarm anyone, but it seems to be either raining, snowing or rowing across the United States. Anyone seen a satellite map lately showing massive hurricanes pulling cold air down from the Troposphere? Oh, wait, that was a movie I saw.

Watching the first episode of the last season of 24. Me: “Why are the Arlo/Milo characters so annoying?” Darla: “It doesn’t matter. They’re usually dead by hour nine anyway.”

The Gift of the Magi, by O. Henry captures the unselfishness of the Christmas holiday. We are reminded that it is not about the shopping, or the rush to open the presents; Christmas is about giving of ourselves to others. I recorded this when I was a TV news anchor in Idaho. I can’t find [...]

All of you screamers and pontificators, Presidents and Talk-Show Hosts. Time for a rhetoric break. Just go off and find a quite place and sit and think for a month. Take your TelePrompter with you. Sit and contemplate. Stop. Don’t talk. Just listen. Walk away from the TV camera. Keep the funny faces to yourself. [...]

Ah, politics. Is it time for a new political party? Maybe a political organization for the beer-drinking, hard-working, hard-partying, freedom-loving, honest-dealing, well-worn, slightly-flawed, and happy-with-themselves crowd? You know a political party made up of a group of people unwilling to put up with the broken promises, lost Hope and business-as-usual, as long as it benefits [...]