Radical Carved Halloween Pumpkins

With Halloween fast approaching, I decided to search the Internet for pumpkin carving ideas. I discovered some really spectacular designs, which I’ve shown below. If you click on the individual photos, you will be taken to the website of the photographers who took the shots, which in many cases, contain additional pumpkin caving designs. Either … Read more

Funny Adult-Proof Packaging Video

So. I feel vindicated. I thought it was me. Or – perish the thought – my age. It is true that I find it virtually impossible to open a child-proof cap these days. Fortunately, I take no medicines. As for the aspirin bottle, which I must access once in a blue moon, well I cheat; … Read more

A Partial Solution To Our Financial Crisis

This may be the most important post I have ever written. Even though I was a real estate agent during the times when lenders were making sub-prime loans and the real estate market was out of control, I readily admit that I do not fully understand what is causing our nation’s financial crisis. And until … Read more

Dick Hoyt, a True American Hero

I’ve been writing a lot lately about how we seem to have lost our way in this country; about how we value material possessions over family, friends, and belief in a higher power of our choosing. Today I was reminded that there are people who have never lost sight of what is most important in … Read more