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Cowboy Man 27 Aug 2013 | 12:32 pm
I just returned from a brisk walk with our dog Gracie. When we were almost back “Cowboy Man,” sung by Lyle Lovett, started playing on my iPOD. It has a fast tempo and is what I would call a happy song...
O.J. Simpson Acquittal 26 Aug 2013 | 12:01 pm
Remember when O. J. was acquitted, and all over the country white people protested and raised hell, and the Attorney General, the President, and the Dept. of Justice all decided to get involved? …me...
Gigantic Concrete Arrows Across America 25 Aug 2013 | 12:40 pm
These really exist. Every so often, usually in the vast deserts of the American Southwest, a hiker or a backpacker will run across something puzzling: an enormous concrete arrow, as much as seventy fe...
Late For An Appointment 24 Aug 2013 | 12:27 pm
On an August morning in 1976, French filmmaker Claude Lelouch mounted a gyro-stabilized camera to the bumper of a Ferrari 275 GTB and had a friend, a professional Formula 1 racer, drive at breakneck s...
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square 23 Aug 2013 | 12:43 pm
Here are two versions of this great song. Which one do you like the best? Anne Shelton version from the Forties. Bobby Darin recorded this rendition in 1964. I vote for the Bobby Darin Version. I bel...
Hard To Beat Israeli Technology! 22 Aug 2013 | 12:09 pm
Great idea. Let’s buy some for every airport and border crossing and forget reading my E-mails. TEL AVIV, Israel – The Israelis are developing an airport security device that eliminates the privac...
The Enneagram Personality Typing System 21 Aug 2013 | 12:13 pm
The Enneagram is a personality typing system that consists of nine different types. Everyone is considered to be one single type, although one can have traits belonging to other ones. While it’s uncer...
Ecstasy 20 Aug 2013 | 12:54 pm
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Where Should We Put #44? 19 Aug 2013 | 12:32 pm
Where, oh where should we put Obama’s likeness? George Washington, our nation’s first president and leader of the American Revolution went on the dollar bill! Abe Lincoln, an honorable leader who p...
Historical Trivia 18 Aug 2013 | 12:20 pm
Did you know the saying “God willing and the Creek don’t rise” was in reference to the Creek Indians and not a body of water? It was written by Benjamin Hawkins in the late 18th century. He was a poli...
