Don’t get me wrong, I like the internet, I like online banking, I like sending an email to my daughter teaching in Taiwan and not having to wait a month to get a reply. And I like having a smartphone in my back pocket. All this is good and well, but having a computer at […]
Here is the link to my essay: Denton Record Chronicle.
Robcalls must work, otherwise why would I get five to ten a day? Billions of them were made this year in this country alone: police departments asking for money, candidates wanting support, insurance scammers looking to sell bogus policies, roofing scammers wanting to get on top of your roof after a five-minute drizzle and prove […]
I just finished reading a book by Doris Kearns Goodwin called Team of Rivals. I don’t normally recommend books, unless asked, but this one is special so I’m making an exception. For those that think our country has changed a lot during the last 160 years, think again. Sure, a lot of things are different, but the people remain the same. […]
Sometimes, it’s just good to write something and have fun. The news that a Denton man robbed a bank of less than $500 and was arrested the following day got me to thinking how pathetic a person has to be to trade such a small amount of money for years of freedom. I guess I’m […]
Another week in Denton and I’m now convinced that driving on IH-35 is a senseless act just short of suicide: definitely in the think-twice-about-it category and right up there with hang-gliding over enemy air space. Getting on the highway reminds me of running in front of the bulls in Pamplona. Not that I’ve done that, […]
The school board here in Denton Texas where I live is a joke. Their only concern seems to be “more is better, always”. They never ask themselves how any of the stuff they sanction, their gimmicks, or their blind adoration of high-tech is going to help even one student get an education. I meet recent […]
EMILIANO ZAPATA: HERO IN HISTORY AND ART My good friend Jim Baird wrote this essay as a contribution to this web site. It all started one day several months ago when I asked him what his favorite movie was. The answer: Viva Zapata! And no hesitation. I didn’t know it then, but none other […]
I’ve been fortunate enough to have what some might call a “real” adventure. And more than once. These are the memorable ones, made more so by cutting it pretty close, not intentionally of course, but too close for comfort anyway. It’s only days later that the mind, and here I’m speaking for myself, goes into […]
It’s been a good fall week in Denton Texas with plenty to do. And not all of it has been work. Same as most stray dogs, my mind, not having a particular place to call home, tends to wander. You might call it nomadic or rootless, even homeless, and basically stays busy doing a lot […]