The Great Orange One, better known as the Liar-In-Chief made it known, and clear, that he was only going to be a dictator on day one of his presidency. This is day two and the known, proved and documented liar is spending his second day as dictator as well. Trust me on this, the adage that states "Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts ( Read more... )

I pulled out of Facebook yesterday after a long and contentious relationship with them. The last straw was a notice from them that I had been suspended from their web page for some unspecified reason. The notice from them further advised me to call their 1-800 number for more information. So, not being particularly amused by this set of ( Read more... )

We've endured freezing rain, snow, sleet, and subfreezing temperatures for the past two or three weeks. All the local television stations have had school and business closings, delays and cancellations scrolling across the bottom of their screens. They also keep us informed of road closures and places where people should exercise caution should ( Read more... )

Tom Waits has been called the all-time master craftsman of lyrics by James Hetfield of the rock group Metallica. High praise from somebody who never achieved shit for his own musical accomplishments, if he ever had any at all. He can and does play the guitar extremely loud to an audience of incoherent misfits that conned their parents out of money ( Read more... )

Tonight is our weekly ice cream night at Dairy Queen. We're in the midst of a winter storm here that the weather forecasters have been calling an Arctic Blast. The daily high temperatures have barely been above freezing, and the nighttime lows in the teens, while other areas have been in the single digits and even below zero. I had contemplated ( Read more... )

Nobody looks around to smell the roses anymore. Or the coffee. They're too obsessed with looking at their hands. Specifically, the cell phones in their hands. Nobody talks to each other anywhere, anytime ever. In restaurants, in waiting rooms at the doctor's office, in cars, or just walking down the street. They're staring down at their phones. ( Read more... )

I had to go to the Physicians Care Clinic last month to have some blood work done. That's where my health care provider is because I don't have a regular doctor. Ever since we moved here to Tennessee fifteen years ago, I never acquired a regular doctor (MD) to go to. I don't have any fondness for these neighborhood or community MD's anymore out of ( Read more... )

Why can't I throw things away? I'm talking about things (crap?) that I haven't used in years yet hang on to them like old underwear and tires. I was looking for something the other day in the shop and looked in one of my tote box containers to see if this particular item was in there. I was sure that it was, but on the contrary it was not. I even ( Read more... )

I needed to go to the bank this morning to get a cashier's check to pay my credit card bill. What I needed to do first was to deposit a check, and some cash, and then withdraw the amount to pay off the credit card (well, most of it). Okay, I first make out a deposit slip on which a date is required, but then I used 2024 as the year instead of 2025 ( Read more... )

Today was the kick-off of another New year. It was uneventful on the whole, and most things were positive in nature. The only thing that occurred that caused me to speak unkindly to God was apparently insignificant since I don't really recall what brought that on. Other than that, things went very well, I think. Kathy went to the annual New Year's ( Read more... )