Worries over how the Arizona immigration law will be enforced are completely unfounded.  Police officers are well trained to act professionaly at all times.  Abuses couldn't possible happen.

I'm sure this video from yesterday's news in Seattle will calm your fears.

http://www.kirotv.com/vi… Read full post »

  First let me say that I hate flouncing and flouncers even though I did and I am one.  You may have noticed a change in the Cap’n prior to my flounce.  Things I’d have taken in stride in the past stuck in my craw.  I took things personally that weren’t… Read full post »

I want to go to the Gulf Coast to help with the cleanup from the oil spill.  At this point, it appears that all of the relief agencies are in a wait and see pattern regarding what their needs will be but I have registered at a couple of sites.… Read full post »

Things have just gotten too silly around here so I'm doing what I should have done a long time ago.

You can find me on Facebook if you care to read any of my future posts.

Peace, out y'all.  Read full post »

 _{The SS Margaritaville goes down after being torpedoed by feminist blogger B. Mann.}

AP- The outgoing skipper of the SS Margaritaville on Tuesday laid the groundwork to take on a larger national role after leaving the infamous party boat, citing a "higher calling" with the aim… Read full post »

_{So long, Jerome.  I had hoped to come back but I may not have the right documents.}

By now, we’ve all heard of this racial profiling bill in AZ that orders police officers to pull over anyone who looks Mexican and question them.  If you/… Read full post »

^{_{Check out those tectonic plates. The, uhm, face of courage, Jen McCreight}} **

By now I’m sure everyone has seen this quote from Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi, Iran’s acting Friday prayer leader.

 "Many women who do not dress modestly ... lead young men astray,/… Read full post »

I read the dumbest fucking post on the fucking planet just now and I'm ready to kick some fucking ass.

Here it is, see the dumbest fucking post on the planet right here.

I'm going on a year of unemployment now.  My current unemployment extension runs out tomorrow. … Read full post »

This is Chapter One of my book "The Exquisite Pain of Being a Utah Jazz Fan".  All post from this book are tagged with the above title if you want to read them as well.

This is Chapter One of my book "The Exquisite Pain of Being a Utah Jazz Fan".  You can see the prolog here.

Larry Miller's now-empty seat.  

Chapter One ~ Why Do We Do This Again?

It’s a Wednesday night, the last… Read full post »

The Exquisite Pain of Being a Utah Jazz Fan

-        A Personal Memoir

This is the Prologue to my upcoming book, titled as above.  I will post each chapter as it is written.  I know no one here reads sports posts but imma do… Read full post »

Don't worry, I'll save you!

Yesterday’s verdict in Oregon against the Boy Scouts of America has caused quote a furor with some of my Face Book friends.  They feel that the verdict was a travesty that is harming an organization/… Read full post »

  It’s Friday night and the house smells like popcorn.  Soon Mom and Dad will be playing Hearts around the chrome and Formica kitchen table with Uncle Johnny and Aunt Margie while us kids take our popcorn and Pepsi to our rooms.  It doesn’t seem like the time will ev… Read full post »

The other day I wrote about some experiences I had as a Mormon Home Teacher.  If you need more background on what a Home Teacher is, I suggest you go back and read that post.  All the fuss lately about pedophilic Catholic Priests and the cover up made me think… Read full post »

 Bubba wasn’t his real name but it fit the big guy with the self-assured gait and a passion for adventure.   He loved all things mechanical; cars, airplanes or a speedy motorcycle. 

He met his end while crossing the country on his… Read full post »

  I heard the other day that Chuck Norris counted to infinity – twice.  In the greatest movie of all time, “White Men Can’t Jump”, Billy tells Gloria that he loves her “Infinity plus one” only to find himself in trouble for not loving her… Read full post »

Picture by Danny Garrett

Sex changes or syphilis seem to be sure-fire tickets to EP’s and the front page.  I’ve never had either and I’m fresh out of child molesting friends to write about so I guess my OS Glory Days are behind me.  Wait.../… Read full post »

I didn’t much care for:

• Getting out of bed in the morning
• Commuting 170 miles daily for two and a half years

I didn’t always like:

• My boss
• The hours or the lack of time off
… Read full post »

Deep inside, sometimes locked away even where they themselves can no longer find it, even the most hardened right winger knows that everyone on planet earth deserves medical care when they need it.  Everyone.

If you come across an auto accident on your… Read full post »

Cap’n Parrotdead, New Yuck, New Yuck – NBA owners have come to grips with the failed experiment that was the Michael Steele era in professional basketball.  By unanimous vote, owners have removed Steele from the NBA Commissionership after less than two years.

&ld… Read full post »

The, er, face of the Great American Right

Everyone’s heard that one, right, where Hitler and Jim Jones are talking in Hell and Hitler slaps his foreheads and says “Kool Aid, why didn’t I think of that?”  As soon as James O’Keefe kicks the bucket,/… Read full post »

Gordon loved the way the afternoon sun cut a sharp angle through the high windows, across the upper reaches of the gym, turning the specks of airborne dust into silvery glitter high above his head.  He was the first player at the gym, like always.  He/… Read full post »

It was long ago and far away, back in my early days in Air Freight.  The company I worked for serviced the 2^nd largest military Air Freight contract in the country.  This contract required service seven days per week.  We were a small/… Read full post »

No, the point of our trip to Jacksonville was NOT to attend a Klan rally.  It was just that we needed to vacate the beach house we were staying at so that our host could have his kids for the weekend without the squatters (us) infringing.  We were kicking around our… Read full post »