The inmates may not yet be running the asylum, but they are getting a leg up with new House Leader John Boehner’s appointment of Michele Bachmann to the House Intelligence Committee. Well known by the left as one of the craziest people in Congress, Bachmann is… Read full post »

Nine long years after that September morning, that day none of us will ever forget, the Grand Old Party still refuses to do anything for the first responders who rushed toward Ground Zero while everyone else was rushing away. We were all shocked and stunned as we watched that… Read full post »

Yeah, sure. I’m all for forgiveness, rehabilitation and redemption. Who isn’t? We humans are capable of accomplishing some incredibly abhorrent or stupid deeds. We are also capable of extraordinary forgiveness. Without forgiveness we would either all b… Read full post »

I was watching the news the other night when it was announced that John “I’m Not a Snob” Kerry and Joe “Droopy-Dog” Lieberman teamed up to unveil the American Power Act. Lindsey Graham was also working with them on the bill, but backed out because there are/… Read full post »

It is a commonly accepted American belief that if we work hard, our lives will progress as we navigate our way through the myriad of minefields laid down before us. I recall some mention of a pursuit of happiness somewhere in the Preamble to the Constitution.

My own life has… Read full post »

Former Miss California runner-up, Carrie Prejean had her day in court yesterday, though it didn’t turn out quite the way she had hoped. The Beauty Pageant almost Queen was suing the Miss California Pageant officials for a litany of charges including public ridicule, anxiety, depressio/… Read full post »

I don’t go out very often. It’s not that I don’t like to go out, but in my present financial situation, it just doesn’t fit the budget. I’ve been struggling for almost three years now. I don’t know about the rest of you, but my recession started when the constructi… Read full post »

Although I’d only been in the water for what I’d guess to be ten or twelve minutes, it was a very long ten or twelve minutes. Treading water, fighting a mild current (a result of the rising tide) and extricating the driver had taken it’s toll. Holding one’s breath as long… Read full post »

Ben had moved into the downstairs apartment not long after I made the move to the upstairs. He’d been my neighbor for over two years at the time the Mustang had exited the airstrip in such a dramatic fashion.

The Keys are the perfect setting if you care to have a… Read full post »

I thought with the Super Bowl coming this Sunday some of you may get hungry before, during or after the game. I've decided to share with all of you a simple but tasty favorite. It's more of a man thing, but some ladies like it, too!

What you'll need:

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It was eight o’clock. I was hungry. I had just sat down to dinner with the girl I had fallen head over heels in love with and who would eventually push me to the very edge of my sanity, but that is a story for another time.

I’d lived at the… Read full post »