Category: American Society

On New Year’s Eve the S.O. and I went to see “Up in the Air.”  I liked the movie a lot-here’s why. First of all, I like movies that tell several stories at once-Up in the Air does that. Second-it does more than tell a story, it provides an analogy

S.O is watching " Antiques Roadshow" on the big TV. Accordingly I am in the bedroom watching the series. So , just like keeping score at the ball park-I thought I'd try something new.  Live blogging the game. Warning notice-profanity is likely to follow. First inning: Yankees come out with

People looked at me like I was a space alien when I said, " I hope Tennessee upsets Alabama!". I might as well have said, " I'd like to have sex with your mother." It got about the same reaction. "You live in Alabama-why don't you root for Alabama? "

You kick the living stuffing out of LDP. You sweep in a new government in Japan. You have frizzy hair. And one of the first things you do after becoming Prime Minister of Japan, is to pay a call on the suckiest team in baseball? My hapless Pirates! All I

You kick the living stuffing out of LDP. You sweep in a new government in Japan. You have frizzy hair. And one of the first things you do after becoming Prime Minister of Japan, is to pay a call on the suckiest team in baseball? My hapless Pirates! All I

That the days are slipping by all too quickly. So many bloggers disparage us baby boomers. I’m a baby boomer and damn proud of it. One reason was because of all the good music I got hear growing up. Which is why I was very sad to hear of the

Of how far gone Americans are, is delivered by Munro Ferguson at Coming Anarchy: This post could be subtitled: Why I find American politics tedious. I steer clear of online political forums, read very few blatantly partisan blogs (though the few that do rest in my RSS reader are excellent)

Sometimes you just have to take a break and laugh a little……..

I recieved one of those Glenn Beck inspired diatribes in an e-mail today. About how the country was going to hell in a hand basket, Nazis were at the gates of Birmingham and the hoof beats of the Apocalypse were just around the corner.  Please-can we just all take a