(On 18 June 2010, President Barack Obama visited Columbus, Ohio to celebrate the 10,000th road construction project funded by the stimulous package.)

 We started gathering about 10:30 this morning. The weather was already hot and the humidity rising. Those of us that got there early nabbe… Read full post »

There has been much criticism about the lack of anger physically shown by President Obama over the BP-created destruction in the Gulf of Mexico. Bill Maher said, "I thought when we elected a black president, we were going to get a black president. You know, this [BP oil spill] is where… Read full post »

With Pat Robertson shooting his mouth off in the name of Christ and Christiandom and saying stupid, backward, Dark Ages kind of crap about the Haitian people and their history, I am taking a stand in oppositions to the "But He Doesn't Speak for ME Christians."

Robertson has a history of… Read full post »

“Well, I guess I’m Christian. Why you ask? Because I’m out here today?

Momma took us to church once in a while, especially for the holidays. Most of the time she was too tired from working all week and Daddy usually had to work on Sundays. He was a bus driver… Read full post »

My friend, Tim is a film collector and throughout the year he hosts movie parties to show off his latest acquisitions. By films, I’m talking 16 mm films that many of us remember from school. Remember those lovely educational films and holiday shorts we would watch with the sound of the… Read full post »

When the first humans became self-aware and discovered they lived in a huge world where everything was bigger, faster, stronger, and wanted to eat them, they banded together for safety. This, of course, led to a frenzy of breeding activity because no matter how primitive the species, if you put a… Read full post »

(Originally published under the title "If You Have to Sign a Waiver, You Probably Shouldn't Put That Stuff in Your Mouth" on  July 12, 2009.)

It was rumored that a restaurant existed on the outer edge of the urban sprawl and their specialty was wings. Not just regular wings… Read full post »

(I wrote this piece on August 12, 2008.)

 Sunday night I saw something I didn't think I'd see in my lifetime. I watched Arlo Guthrie perform Alice's Restaurant, the whole freaking thing, on stage accompanied by his son, Abe on keyboard, and his grandson, Krishna on drums. Though I've heard that… Read full post »