I’ve just now noticed all the ads for free cell phones. A new government entitlement. If you qualify for just about any government social program you are qualified for this additional benefit. Medicare,SSI,food stamps are just a few examples. In… Continue reading

Somebody needs to invent two items. First a camera that takes a picture of me the way I really look and secondly a mirror that shows a true reflection. I’ve had a lot of both over the years but lately… Continue reading

I already wrote about black Friday and now I keep hearing about Cyber Monday. All these great deals on line. Shoudn’t most people be at work ? I’m sure no one would be shopping while at work ! I’d bet… Continue reading

I was shopping with my wife and her sister. They were discussing what to buy for their respective Grandchildren. Now my wife’s sister is a little older so her Grandchildren are older than ours. She was saying how she thought… Continue reading

With the coming of Christmas memories also arrive from the past. Each year a new memory is added and each year they all get harder to recall. Its’ a catch twenty two I suppose but I hope to thwart this… Continue reading

The older we get the faster time goes.This old adage is used frequently by my Mom. When I was younger I really didn’t understand it. Now,unfortunately,I do. I was listening to the news and the man was talking about social security.… Continue reading

Working in the retail industry,which I haven’t done since high school,I’m getting new insights into people and products. Some are interesting,some amusing and some puzzling. While putting products on the shelves I often read the packaging. Its’ a marvel the different… Continue reading

Wrote a blog about black Friday and the holiday season in general. As I was writing my thoughts wandered off track a little,as they are prone to do,and I thought how things repeat themselves. We are all familar with this… Continue reading

I have never been much of a shopper. I guess its’ a gender thing. The biggest shopping day of the year looms large on the horizon and I just find it annoying. When did this madness start ? It has… Continue reading

Thanksgiving dinner. At our home when I was growing up it was always about three in the afternoon. Prior to dinner you picked at snacks, celery with cream cheese,celery with peanut butter, crackers and cheese, usually the cheese ball made… Continue reading