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 […]
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 […]
So I sent this essay to the Denton Record Chronicle (link) all the time thinking they would never publish it, but they surprised me. It’s about kids rioting in one of our high schools, while the rest took pictures, made videos (Link to Video #!) and cheered them on. What kind of people are these? […]
Not everything has to be serious. Every now and then it’s good to go “light.” You ever watch a movie that you liked and liked even more because you could tell the actors enjoyed their work? I think one can tell. Well, here is something that I hope everyone can tell I enjoyed writing. Here […]
Every now and then you learn something that stays with you. Finding a glacial erratic for the first time was that way for me and I never forgot it. The setting, the loneliness of the place, the noise made by the wind, the nothingness all around it, the mountains in the background. The funny thing […]
A scam is a scam . . . At home, we get three or more calls a day asking or money. We don’t deserve the attention and I’m tired of it. The more so when you find out how the money is used. I could tell you stories about the Red Cross, only this is […]