You may be dreaming of a white Christmas, but most of us have other slumber-time imaginations. According to a recently-published survey commissioned by Amerisleep, a company which manufactures mattresses, the five most […]
What do you dream about?
Solving holiday’s problems
It’s beginning to look … oh, you know the rest. If you haven’t noticed those early bird Christmas displays in your neighborhoods, or the sprouting of holiday tree lots on vacant street […]
Ducks, slows and scapegoats
A little of this, a little of that …. Football’s turn: Is it just me, or does it seem like football, especially pro football, is slowing down? Just as baseball has taken […]
Falling back can be painful
I fall every fall. Or almost every fall. Spring, too. As you probably know, this past weekend was the end of “daylight savings time,” and the beginning of “standard time.” There are […]
If Rangers, why not Angels?
“The road is short that never bends.” – Anonymous The bend in the road for the Texas Rangers took a while to arrive, but arrive it did … after 12 years. But […]
Signs in the right direction?
What about us? The recent move by the Westminster City Council to put “alternate names” on certain street names to make it easier for residents who are not English-speaking to navitgate the […]
Leaks in league re-invention
“Ah, the old days gone forever,” said Victor McLaughlin in the 1949 John Wayne Western. “She Wore A Yellow Ribbon.” Just as the passing of the buffalo in the old Wild West […]
Next Tuesday is Candy Day
Some might call it socialism-by-social pressure. Some might call it the entering edge of devil-worship. Others see it as an example of helicopter-parenting run wild. I like to think of it as […]
Why live anywhere else?
We have a friend, a retiree – we call him “Bicycle Joe” – who pedals around town on his two-wheeler and stops to chat with friends old and new. He always has […]
Jolly good, London Monarchs!
There’s a great big world out there. And it doesn’t end at the borders or seashores. Let’s turn our attention from the We-Don’t-Care-Series toward an intriguing idea floated by NFL Commissioner Roger […]
