What with the Will Smith incident, and a lot of other things going on in the world, I am thinking about triggers? That was a warning I heard on the newscast this morning. Warning, this story may contain triggers… Continue reading

  I asked yesterday about a proposal by the current administration to legalize marijuana. That is something that comes up time and again. I think it is a forgone conclusion that one day it will happen. A society that can… Continue reading

 I have a picture of my parents taken on their wedding day. It was a day unknown to me until quite recently. They never celebrated their anniversary when I was kid. It wasn’t something I had ever given thought to,… Continue reading

 Gender X. That’s what you will now have the option to check on your passport. That’s for those folks that are non-binary. In the future TSA will also not consider gender in their security checks. All that to make Transgender… Continue reading

 Not much to say this morning. I’ve left my thoughts and comments on current events and am apparently in the minority with the Rock/Smith thing. Guess I’m a dinosaur and a bit too masculine for some. That’s okay. The Russians… Continue reading

  I pursued my family tree for a number of years on and off. I began with Ancestry.Com and had a paid subscription for quite a length of time. I have grown satisfied, that is the word I would use,… Continue reading

 Now all the talk is about Will Smith slapping Chris Rock. After profiting literally billions of dollars off movies featuring violence, it’s an outrage. I’m guessing the idea here is to change the whole image of Hollywood where people that… Continue reading

 Listening to the news as they discuss the whole transgender thing. The guy Lia Thomas, yes that’s a guy, was the hot topic. But they also were talking with another guy that thinks he is really a woman despite his… Continue reading

  I grew up in the time of the Mom and Pop neighborhood stores. Heck, even the stores uptown where Mom and Pop outfits for the most part, just a bit richer. I didn’t have any chain stores that I… Continue reading

  I ran across this quote from Aristotle. “Wit is educated insolence.” My first thought was that’s wisdom. Then I thought it’s also what we call a wise guy these days, or a smart ass. The later makes no sense… Continue reading