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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

My sister Lois lives in Chicago and always seems to have the perfect remedy for those little household emergencies.  While I was speaking with her the other day, I casually asked how she would remove an indentation from a carpet that’s had a sofa sitting on it for 5...