Using The Truth To Lie

This graph was recently brought to my attention by a friend who argues that “the rich” pay a lot more taxes than their fair share.

Do you see what I see? The dollar amount of the taxes paid by… Read full post »

Life After …

Closed in;

Not breathing;

Wispy, ethereal, fading.

A tiny spark ignites

So deep inside.

Never has it seen a star.

It demands existence.

It is life,

Your life,

Reaching

Up.

It will not, can… Read full post »

 This article was published by Associated Press in August. At that time I downloaded it, commented on it and filed it away. Today I came across it again and wondered how my comments would stand up to the passage of 6 months of time. I'll leave you to be the judge. … Read full post »

The Good Cats & Kitties of OS won't need any spiritual help today. Those who resemble my friend below? Well click on the photo....

Then for the others...

Click this one now...  Read full post »

To Those of You Born

1930 – 1963

Good Memories Can Be Found On The Internet

TO ALL THE KIDS WHO

SURVIVED THE

1930's, 40's, 50's,

 60's and 70's!!

First, we survived being born to

mothers who smoked and/or drank

… Read full post »

The Lizard

Just after dinner one night, my son came running to tell me there was something wrong with one of the two lizards he has in his room. 'He's just lying there looking sick; can you help?' I put my best “lizard-healer look” on my face and followed him… Read full post »

Cold beer I sipped in that old bar

 In that old country inn.

I chatted with a soldier old;

Of visage, gaunt and thin.

Eleventh month, eleventh day,

And yes, eleventh hour.… Read full post »

The Loneliest Man I Know

My library was full. Books, about 1500 of them, mostly paper-backs with about a dozen, mostly large, reference tomes added in, filled every available space. More books filled cardboard boxes piled in one corner. It was time to “do something” about this. Past time… Read full post »

Messages From A Skypixie

Why is “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness” so often translated as “The Liberty to spend Life in the pursuit of Money?”

Americans spend a lot of their life getting money…

Europeans spend a lot of their money getting a life.

Canadian… Read full post »

ENTREPRENEUR 

(Inspired by Linda’s blog)

1- Entrepreneurs don't get rich because… Read full post »

HERE IT IS !! 

I have finally located the keyboard that I want and a Canadian supplier of such. It has been a looooong hard battle. The whole internet set-up is geared to the USA. Even when I enter “Canada” as one of the criteria, google ignores me and… Read full post »

Responsibility & Authority: The Great Disconnect

Those who govern you usually do far less work than you do and get paid, by you, a great deal more than you do.

In a democracy those who govern do so with the consent of, and on behalf of,… Read full post »

Immigration to Canada:

A Different Approach 

A great many Canadians are quite upset at what they see as foreigners coming to Canada to “take unfair advantage” of the great country we, and our ancestors, have built. Perhaps it’s time that we looked at this attitude critically… Read full post »

Dear Mr. Bafflegab,

Right off let me thank ya fer yer letter ’splaining to me why ya can’t jest fergit about raising our taxes agin.  I want ya to know that I fully understand that you folks there in Ottywah has to put-on-the-dog so as to feel real important-like when/… Read full post »

Dear Mr. Bafflegab,

I’m takin’ pen in hand to write to you today sir, ‘cause I figure that, being as how yer in charge of the country’s finance department, yer ‘bout the only person in the whole gov’mint what kin help me right now.  Y’see Mr. Bafflega/… Read full post »

The Atheist Touch

Each one teach one…

Each one reach one…

Each one is kin.

My father today is my son tomorrow…

My brother now is my sister later…

Their life belongs to me and mine to them.

Those who spill… Read full post »

Smiling  Laughing 

ROTFLMFAO Through The Pain

 Somewhere in the “Rules of Internet Blogging” is a clause that says “You’re not allowed to write about Medical Problems”. At least, I think there is; no? Well there ought to be. Such posts just mak… Read full post »

Power outage here last night. A fairly common occurrence. I have good backup batteries for the computer so I’d not expected any problem. However…….(ya just KNEW there was gonna be a “however”, didn’t ya?), while the computer worked fine, I couldn’t get out… Read full post »

I cannot tell you what woke me that night. I know that it was not a loud noise. One wakes up differently to a loud noise. Perhaps it was just the soft sssh of an elderly slippered foot on soft stair carpet. Or perhaps a soft groan had escaped the old… Read full post »