Who knew that when I was being an irresponsible delinquent in my Hampden Academy High School years, I would someday be promoting one of my books in the 8th Annual Key West Book Fair? I can assure you that one group who didn’t foresee it was my teachers. I’m sure most of them were wondering […]
Like millions of Americans, I get up and I go to work. I worry about bills. I take care of life stuff and I look after family stuff. And like most of you, I’ve had my fill of nasty and ignorant, 2016 politics and the other garbage and gibberish our networks pass off as news. […]
Some time ago, just after mankind had transitioned from stone and chisel, to pen and paper, I wandered out of my cave and entered the working world. Things were different back then. Meetings were generally attended in person. Conference calls were rare and a videoconference could only be found in a Jetsons’ cartoon or in […]
I have not made every mistake there is to make in life, but damn it… I’ve made good headway on the list and showing no sign of letting up any time soon. You can take a breath of relief in knowing I am not going to bore you or make you laugh or make you […]
For Christmas in 1911 Aunt Eliza gave a copy of a leather-bound book titled, “Longfellow” to Marguerite Day. I know this because inside the cover of my worn and tattered book of Longfellow poems, a cover splotched with white paint and water stains and frayed edges from being well read over the decades are the […]
With all the mayhem in the Republican Party this election cycle, it’s worth looking at the history of the GOP and how we got to where we are today. More importantly, we should ponder why we are looking at what just may be the demise of the GOP. Republicans have been riding the Reagan wave […]
I recently watched an online video of Zoltan Istvan, the Transhuminist Party Presidential Candidate. Yes, for those of you who were not aware of it, there is a Transhumanist Party and they do have a Presidential Candidate. He even has a campaign bus called the Immortality Bus. Just to be clear, he is not the […]
A couple years ago while standing in line at a store in Grand Cayman a local character was jawing in the cashier’s ear and boring her with one complaint after another. He was speaking in Jamaican Patois so I couldn’t exactly understand everything he was saying. But from what I could understand, he left almost […]
