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Butch Mazzuca

What Country is This?

The other day I received an email from a friend with an attached Tik Tok video of a young woman highlighting a few of the absurdities that have become a part of 21st century life in the United States. Taking my cue from this very incisive woman I wanted to add my two...

It’s more than just guns

After the horrific shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, President Biden called for changes to gun laws after expressing his heartbreak.  "To lose a child is like having a piece of your soul ripped away," said Biden, who learned of the shooting at Robb...

A line is a line is a line – or is it?

When I was in the 4th grade, Sister Mary Gabriel, would play a game with the globe that resided in the back of the classroom.  The good sister would have a student step up to the front of the class, close his or her eyes, spin the globe, and then randomly stop it with...

The Wesson Oil Canard

Question:  What do the advertisers of Wesson Oil and Climate Change activists have in common? Answer:  Both have provided accurate but misleading information. Wesson Oil once advertised that it didn’t soak through food, which is an accurate statement as far as it...

For want of a nail

Bobbi and I are on holiday down on St. George Island Florida (we love the redneck Riviera) and my brain is definitely on ‘island time,” so I’ve decided to keep this blog post short and just for the heck of it to share a couple of interesting vignettes illustrating how...

Yuck!

Many years ago, actually make that many, many years ago while serving in Vietnam I had an experience that left an indelible impression on me.  No, it’s not what you might expect.  Of course, I encountered few ‘colorful moments,’ but being a helicopter pilot was still...

The REAL existential threat!

During my flight training many years ago I learned a lesson that went well beyond just how to fly an airplane.  The ‘lesson’ I refer to, began after I completed an advanced ‘training hop’ where the flight student’s task was to fly the aircraft with a rough-running...

X, Y & Z?

Are transgender athletes dominating women’s sports?  I haven’t picked up a copy of Gray’s Sports Almanacrecently, but in sporting events as diverse as weightlifting, track, cycling, and swimming, female sports records aren’t just being broken, they’re being...

Dealing with Trump Derangement Syndrome

As human beings we are first and foremost creatures of emotion, and it’s no secret we don’t always act rationally.  Consequently, when issues are truly important to us, we are more likely than not to have a strong emotional reaction to them.  Which is precisely what...

Not for Women Only

Each year on February 14th we celebrate the day of St. Valentine.  Kids exchange cards at school, husbands & boyfriends pay 300% more for flowers, and the only reservation times that ever seem to be available are before six or after eight, and God help the man who...