You may have heard about what the legislators and governor are trying to do to my state of Michigan.  If losing a million or so people over the past decade and losing two of our major companies to the federal government wasn’t bad enough, Governor Rick Snyder has decided to kick/… Read full post »

I am a modern welfare king.  I live off the public teat and have for almost the past 20 years.  Taxpayers have funded my job for 19 of my 20 years on the job, and during that one year, in 1991-1992, when I was in the private sector, I was paid $300… Read full post »

 When many 30 and 40 year olds think of 1989, they might think of big hair teased out w/ cans of hair spray, peg rolled jeans, penny loafers sans socks, and maybe, just maybe ¸they’ll remember that the Berlin Wall fell that year.  Or that we invaded Panama to finally stop/… Read full post »

I hate my garage door.  In fact, I loathe it with a passion I reserve only for clueless drivers who meander in the fast lane.  I despise my garage door because it has two personalities: in the summer, it is Dr. Jekyll: a congenial garage door that goes up and down/… Read full post »

So I dragged my eleven-year old daughter and her BFF to see Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen last night, and I’m still reeling from the 2 ½ hour assault on my senses.  I don’t know where to begin but I gotta start somewhere.  It might as well be with one of/… Read full post »

This morning I awake to see the headlines that Supreme Leader Al Khamenei has all but ended the election in Iran with his blessings by saying that there hasn't been any funny business with the vote counting.  In some ways I am disappointed by this, but in another way I had… Read full post »

Sam and Libby are a typical Gen X couple in their mid 30s watching the Season 5 Lost premiere on Wednesday night, January 21st. 

Sam: It's finally 9:00, it's on. 

Libby: Is that Ben in bed?  Who's he in bed with?  Is that baby Alex? 

Sam: No, that's… Read full post »

Like many of you, I was inspired by the inauguration this afternoon.  I thought it was a good speech; parts of it were sublime and perfectly timed for our troubled era. 

There were great soundbites for many segments of the populace:  

1. Muslims "To the Muslim world, we seek… Read full post »

Pastor Ted, Just Admit It….

I wanted my first post on OS to be about President Obama but since I hadn’t fully assembled my thoughts, I figured that I’d hold off.  But then I read that article on Ted Haggard in this week’s Newsweek (January 19, 2009) http://www.newsweek.c… Read full post »