Meatballs and Impounds
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010 Posted in Trials and Tribulations | 3 Comments »Fred was skinny, but then it was the early 70s and everyone was still skinny. He had long, stringy, black hair that he parted on one side. Add in some black horn rimmed glasses, well worn jeans and omnipresent jean jacket ...
Skinning Rats
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 Posted in Trials and Tribulations | 6 Comments »It was the fall of 1978, my son was five years old and my daughter 8. They were "knee high to a grasshopper" as they say in Arklahoma. I was attending Central State University, since renamed to the University of ...
Saturday at the flea market
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 Posted in Trials and Tribulations | No Comments »I was at the local flea market last Saturday. I would not want to go too often, but to pass the occasional afternoon, it is entertaining. First there are the vendors. They were selling everything from self made crafts to junk ...
Michelangelo’s David
Monday, December 7th, 2009 Posted in Randomness, Trials and Tribulations | 1 Comment »I have always enjoyed the statue of David by Michelangelo. There are a number of reasons for this. First, it is a wonderful expression of human achievement by a master at the top of his game. The detail is phenomenal ...
My Life Story in One Cartoon
Monday, November 2nd, 2009 Posted in Trials and Tribulations | No Comments »Truck Stops
Sunday, October 11th, 2009 Posted in Politics, Trials and Tribulations | No Comments »Have you been in a truck stop or Interstate travel center lately? Anymore these places have TVs all over the place, and they are almost always tuned to FOX News. I worry deeply for this country.
H1B visa mills (think: “puppy mills” with immigrant workers instead of dogs)
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009 Posted in Immigration, Politics, Trials and Tribulations | 1 Comment »Below is a link that articulates very well why I would not recommend an IT career to anyone. It is a shame, because it used to interesting, well paid work. Corporate profit and greed rules again. Why programmers are not subject ...
Your Curmudgeon story, please
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009 Posted in Life, Trials and Tribulations | 1 Comment »The following comment was posted to this site: I can't find a way to send a suggestion, so I'll post here, since it seems to have the floor at the moment. (Teach me the right way!) You are not legitimately a Curmudgeon ...
Reverend Joe wipes out a waiter
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 Posted in Trials and Tribulations | 2 Comments »Recently I was in Orange Beach, by gawd, Alabama on a fishing trip. After a nice and productive day of offshore fishing we decided to go to a nice restaurant for dinner, seafood of course. It was a fancy place ...
Another reason I don’t remarry
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 Posted in Randomness, Trials and Tribulations | 1 Comment »Seen on the back of mini-van Saw it... Wanted it… Threw a fit… GOT IT!!! Cowgirl Up
