? At age 13, I was going to be the greatest baseball pitcher of all time. ? April 20 my Jottings told of my soaking my pj’s as an urge made me trickle on a windy day. ? Read on and I’ll show how I can tie these two things together. – – – 0 […]
Adage of yore: ‘A man convinced against his will, is of the same opinion still.? In 2008 Barack Hussein Obama released a short form certificate of his birth in 1961. Following Donald Trump’s loud demand, ‘I want to see Obama’s birth certificate!? President Obama sent his personal counsel Judith Corley to Hawaii to get certified […]
Maybe it’s Mother’s Day. Maybe it’s graduation time. Maybe it’s Memorial Day. Whatever, something about this month makes me have some more serious thoughts. I’m reminded of a quotation and poem I’ve put in Jottings columns in years past. First the quotation: Take a bucket and fill it with water, Put your hand in it, […]
Lots of on-line match-making outfits are advertising on the tube these days. It got me to thinking about what things would have been like if Hazel and I had met on the internet (I still refuse to capitalize internet.) in 1943. Would she text ‘I like Polka dancing.? If so, I’d answer, ‘I hate Polkas.? […]
Friday dawned a nice day. I decided to drive my handy John Deere out to get the morning paper. It’s about 100 feet from the garage door to the mailbox. As soon as I took the paper from the box, my John Deere quit running. Oops, out of gas. I’m in my pajamas and robe, […]
* Ever notice in American Airlines commercials about how easy they say it is to get seating? And the camera shows two guys on a practically empty plane? * Question: What/who buys the most time on tv these days: lawyers or sellers of gold? * Three bits of wisdom for golfers: Take extra time when […]
My advice to reporters who think they’d like to become columnists is to think about a topic for a week, then write. As far as I can remember none took my advise. Most just waited until deadline and hoped something appears. I took my column planning a bit further after taking the advice of an […]
When I remind you that I had exactly 14 days of U.S vs. Japan wartime experience you know my stories are few. However, with so much tsunami-Japan-Pacific exposure I’m prompted to print something. Our first assignment on March 23, 1945 was to deliver a shipload of Griesedieck beer through the Panama Canal to Pearl Harbor. […]
ut first, did you miss me last week? Wow! I haven’t been knocked so low by a cold in decades. However, during my recovery a tsunami disrupted the world and gave me a comparison to my own suffering. It’s a male thing. Things are worse for me. What happened in Japan prompted war-time thinking, experiences […]
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