I don’t ever remember the Republican debates (or ANY debates, for that matter) dragging out for so long.  Maybe it’s because last time we didn’t have so many internet avenues to watch and wade through.  This time around..I am seriously OVER the debating.  Sad part...

Hi.  My name is Chuck and I have an addiction…I smoke cigarettes.  And with the ever-increasing prices of these damned things I have to make life-altering decisions on a daily basis.  Do I buy gas?  Or do I get smokes?  Do I pay the electric bill?  Or do I get smokes?  I’m...

I love love LOVE thought out gifts.  They don’t have to cost a fortune, but I like it if there is a little creativity behind them and a story!  Handmade gifts are the best, in my opinion.  Only because, usually, that’s what my gifts end up being.  It’s how we artists...

I have to say…2011 wasn’t the most interesting year.  There was a lot of arguing and accusing and yelling.  Not my idea of a great time.  Usually when someone dies, I don’t give it a second thought.  It has nothing to do with me so why should I mourn them?  This year was...

<—– January 2011 – May 2011 JUNE Jack Kevorkian (May 26, 1928 – June 3, 2011) was an American pathologist, euthanasia activist, painter, composer and instrumentalist. He is best known for publicly championing a terminal patient’s right to...

I don’t make this shit up.  They’re in The Bible.  Some of you still believe in “the word”.  I just don’t get it.  Things like:  2 Kings 2:23-24 King James Version (KJV) 23And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there...

Too often I get a bit busy to stop and thank the people around me who make my life stress-free.  It’s a character flaw I have that needs to be worked on.  I think, subconsciously, I don’t want to admit humility in my failing to be the better friend or associate.  Instead of...

Oh Em GEE!  It is finally here.  The day I’ve been waiting for.  The end to ALL the Christmas tunes that have been regurgitated over and over and over (and over) since sometime back in September.  And the end to the hustle and bustle and angry air that moshes every vehicular parking...

I’ve watched a few episodes of the old “Planet of the Apes” with Tim where the apes were actually actors with bad makeup and masks.  I’d watch their lips trying to move with the words and even though I thought the plot was a good idea, the presentation was just dumb....

I have spent the past week catching up with what my friends are doing on the social sites.  Google+, Facebook, Twitter…and others.  I am happy to say that I have a wide range of friends with an even wider range of religious beliefs.  One group in particular…the...

If you haven’t gone to a grocery store or a Walmart lately, you’re missing the high-pitched tones of those Salvation Army bell ringers.  And, if you’re lucky enough, you’ll get someone singing Christmas songs as they jing-jangle those bells in their hands.  (in case...

Once upon a time in a land far away (far from ME, at least) people were poor.  This was somewhere around the year 1425, or thereabouts.  Married couples would fornicate in hopes of having sons.  Not only could those sons help out on the farms and the barns, but they would bring in some...

The year was 1991.  My best friend, Ernie and I  were both 28 and had no troubles.  I was running an Italian restaurant in downtown Tampa and he was one of the best waiters on my staff.   After work we would hit Ybor City (where all the clubs were) to go dance our asses off.  It was the...

I’m not sure how many of you have noticed my absence.  I DO know that I’ve gotten so many emails of concern that it’ll take me days to catch up to them all.  I want to thank you for the thoughts and advice and the well wishes.   If you haven’t followed along, or...

I don’t do these survey things.  Not even when they were abundantly popular on MySpace.  And since I haven’t frequented MySpace in a few years (I don’t even remember my password)…I’ve gotten lucky and slipped past a few surveys that usually ask me “who...