Perhaps my mother’s spirit of thrift found its way to me early New Years Eve morning. More on that after a little back story on her ‘thriftiness.’ My Erector set wasn’t even a week old before I ripped the plastic window on the box. Mom was there when it happened and I asked her if…

I’m so financially well off that I’ve managed to blur the distinction between poor and broke.

Seems as I can remember last year as if it were jus’ yesterday.

Our big New Year’s Eve celebration was to Red Robin in the early afternoon. We learned that they have instituted a new ‘napkin’ system; paper towel rolls at each table. My wife took a picture to send to her sister. Their mother, Helen, was a BIG fan of the Robin. They both agreed she’d be…

“Effing buzzards,” I complained as I glance skyward hoping to catch sight of one. They were nothing knew, in fact I generally welcomed their company along with the occasional condor, hawks, ravens and crow. But because of the hot sun, a lack of decent water and an inability to catch a ride, the straight trek…

Is it simply an ending? Maybe it’s cautionary. A beginning of something else. Perhaps it’s a warning: A great big sharp-toothed Prehistoric fishy’s gonna fly Out of the dark murky depths And bite you in your arse. No? What then? Then que the suspense music! Dun-dun, dun-dun, dun-dun, Done, done, done, done, done… May you…

We’re all a story to be told. The question is: are you going to tell it now or will someone else tell it later, when you have no control over the tale?

Elizabeth Warren 2020. Making DNA Testing Great Again.

Elizabeth Warren is planning to run for President in 2020. I’ve some reservations about this.

Since there’s no money in the budget for a border wall, why not take it out of Congress’ pension fund. You know, like they did with Social Security.