Harvey Korman is 79. Tim Conway is 72. Ninety percent of the people who came to see them at the Soaring Eagle Casino were in the same age bracket. These are the people who watched the duo perform for many years on the Carol Burnett television show. They did single and double skits then, and […]
What triggered my liver was a street reporter in Detroit using a word that has become all too common when referring to how angry someone is. A man had become so upset that he shot another. The reporter said he was, ‘P—-d off!? If I’d had a rerun button I’d have played that over and […]
Just jotting President Bush has said many times, our country should allow immigrants to come here to do ‘an honest day’s labor.? Since 90 percent of what’s being printed and talked about these past several weeks is the treating of illegal immigrants, they must be the persons Mr. Bush is referring to. Let’s see now, […]
First of all, forget anything you’ve heard or read about sighting the first robin having any meaning when it comes to Spring. Several showed their red breasts in my yard when there was a couple inches of snow on the ground. They must just get an urge to fly north, you know, like snowbirds who […]
‘Whitey? has been our pressman for 50 years On a recent Saturday afternoon I went into our normally-closed printing plant and saw ‘Whitey? Hauxwell working on one unit of our 5-unit press. A replacement part had come in and he chose this down time to install it. Please note, I said ‘he chose this time.? […]
I believe there are many more things out there we like than dislike. I also believe dislikes are mentioned most often. This week we’re going to give you some of both, but I encourage you to list yours. It’s a good pastime. First, I like grandkids stories, like this one. Last summer granddaughter Savannah, 10, […]
If you were a reader of Jottings last October 5 you may recall the boasting of the art form known, at least by some, as ‘yard art.? Therein was a picture of my antique manure spreader — in all it’s a rare, rusted, rotting beauty . To draw drivers? attention off the boring road, I […]
I have even more proof that you’re never too old to learn, not that any was needed. And it involves my own trade, a preacher and a woman. It is also an unsavory tale of stealth, smuggling and the King of England. The first printing press in the United States was financed by the nonconformist […]
I’ve become a lot more interested in cars lately. I suppose it’s due partly because mine is four years old, and partly because it’s the season. Starting with the extreme ballyhooing of International Auto Show in Detroit in January, continuing across the nation with other cities? shows, and because that’s what we do as spring […]
? I’ve had a picture in my file for several months that stirs me, but hasn’t caused me to comment. In the background is a color guard leading a parade. There are people sitting on the curb watching, and one man standing in the foreground. The caption is, ‘The only person standing is the man […]