Let’s face it. I’ve been on the planet nearly 60 years. There was a Republican in office when I was born, and I’ve lived through the administrations of Nixon, Reagan and both Bush’s. I grew up in South Florida, which was heavily Democratic, then went heavily Republican and pretty much stayed there until the year… Continue reading What scares me about todays Republican Party
Vociferous Rhapsody
D-Day
Yesterday, June 6th, was D-Day. I would bet if you were to ask most people under 25 today what D-Day meant, you’d get a blank stare, or perhaps some mention of a dance club DJ. I was born 10 years and 3 months after the official end of World War II. By the time I… Continue reading D-Day
Just because everyone says it, doesn’t make it true
Salt. I love salt. I salt my pizza. I salt my tuna. I bath my french fries in salt. Give me a platter of thin, crisply fried sweet potato chips and some garlic salt. Salty fried eggplant. Ummmm. Salt. On cooking competition shows that we watch, I point out to my partner that contestants are… Continue reading Just because everyone says it, doesn’t make it true
The death of local news
Despite my protestations the other day about all the negatives in news, I do still peruse a regular run of news sites around the web. My favorites are of course the aggregation of news on the Google news site, and the Huffington Post. I was a little disappointed today when I browsed to 9news.com, the website… Continue reading The death of local news
A Picture is worth 1000 words
Everyone has heard the line that “A Picture is worth 1,000 words”, but have we really given any serious thought to what that could mean? In today’s world, where good pictures can be taken with your phone, at any time, what is it that we are capturing, and why do we even need a picture?… Continue reading A Picture is worth 1000 words
Caveat Emptor
My partner and I usually spend a few hours each evening around dinner time watching the TV. We usually catch a bit of the news, Jeopardy, and then move on to something that is on our well-stocked DVR. Since most of our watching is from shows that we’ve previously recorded, and our DVR remote control… Continue reading Caveat Emptor
The American Dream
A sonnet by Emma Lazarus is engraved on a bronzed plaque and mounted on the lower level of the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty. Probably the most recognized line from this sonnet is the one that says “…Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to break free. The wretched refuse of… Continue reading The American Dream
Things that go bump in the night
I just returned from a trip down the hall to the coffee pot, where I paused for a minute to listen to a conversation at one of the cubicles I pass. Apparently, Carolyn has a rabbit problem at her house over in Southwest Denver, not something uncommon around these parts. Everywhere you look you can… Continue reading Things that go bump in the night
I want my innocence back!
It occurred to me last night while I was preparing dinner and watching news stories flick by on the TV, that when I was a kid, and well into my twenties, I rarely paid attention to the news of the day, and as a result of not knowing what dastardly events were transpiring around the… Continue reading I want my innocence back!
Elias Solorzano
A couple of years ago, on one of my trips to Puerto Vallarta, I met an exhuberant young man named Elias Solorzano. I was strolling down Los Olas Altas one humid July evening, and at the corner of Olas Altas and Francisca Rodrigues at the Apaches restaraunt, at one of the sidewalk cafe tables, sat a handsome young man, engaged in… Continue reading Elias Solorzano
Memorial Day
Today is the day we Americans set aside as “Memorial Day”. A day we remember our military veterans, and thank them for the sacrifices they made to protect the freedoms we celebrate as Americans. Much ado as made in various ceremonies around the country about American Values, and our constitution, and our unique Bill of… Continue reading Memorial Day
Idols
I’ve been watching American Idol since season 5, when Taylor Hicks was the winner, although he seems to have pretty much vanished from the face of the earth since. Winning American Idol has rarely meant that fame, fortune and money will come rolling in. Kelly Clarkson, the winner of season 1, Carrie Underwood, the winner of… Continue reading Idols