• Remembering Paul Revere in Reno

    Roger Hart, manager of the popular Reno casino showroom act, ‘Paul Revere and the Raiders,’ says Revere died Saturday, October 4th at his home in Garden Valley, Idaho, from cancer. In July 2014, Revere posted on Facebook that he was dealing with some ailments. Despite doctors’ request that he take a break, Revere and his…

  • Life Lesson #7

    Stop being scared to make a mistake. Doing something and getting it wrong is at least ten times more productive than doing nothing. Every success has a trail of failures behind it, and every failure is leading towards success. You end up regretting the things you didn’t do far more than the things you did.

  • The Brilliance of Thomas Duncan

    The guy who came to the U.S. with Ebola did it on purpose. After all, where is the best place in the world to get treatment for the disease? Yeah, the U.S. — and all Thomas Duncan had to do was get here. He helped a woman by transporting her to a hospital in Liberia,…

  • Crescent City Stump Fire Leads to Barn Fire in 1958

    Looking through several old newspaper clippings from an online data base, I happened upon a story from August 1958 about a couple of suspicious blazes in Crescent City, California. Unfortunately, the clipping fail to identify what paper the clipping are from or the exact date of the report. “Sheriff’s deputies are investigating the possibility someone deliberately set…

  • NYC Mayor Implicated in Death of Staten Island Groundhog

    “New York’s Staten Island Zoo attempted to cover up news that the groundhog accidentally dropped by Mayor Bill de Blasio during the 2014 Groundhog Day celebration died from internal injuries a week after the fall,” reports The New York Post. News like this is so hard to take, not because of the death of a…

  • Answer the Question

    The CDC’s website warns saliva, sweat, and mucus can transmit Ebola. However the agency’s head, Dr. Thomas Frieden seems unable to answer if sneezing can cause the disease to be passed between people. Dr. Thomas Frieden: Well actually, Sanjay and I, if one of us had Ebola, the other would not be a contact right…

  • My Employment and Education Advice to You

    Whoever said, “Do what you love and you’ll never work another day in your life,” is a liar, especially when it comes to education for what one loves. I cannot stress enough to you that your education has to be practical and not a love-affair. Community college courses, vocational schools and on-the-job training are invaluable…

  • Told You This Would Happen

    Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, Texas says a patient being evaluated for Ebola has tested positive for the virus. The Centers for Disease Control confirmed the case — the first time Ebola has been diagnosed in the United States. Interesting to note that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has a large number of…

  • Battling the Increasing Lonliness

    Recently I bemoaned in my journal that I spend a lot of my time feeling lonely. However, what I didn’t mention is that much of my loneliness is filled with worthless distractions from the radio, to the television, the Internet and even my dogs. I’m betting you find yourself in the same sort of situation,…

  • Television Conversations

    “For crying out loud,” Mary exclaimed, “with all the crap that’s going on in the world – this is the most popular thing online?” Surprised by her sudden outburst, “What?!” “People are complaining that they don’t like some actress’s new haircut,” she stated with disgust. There was long pause before she added, “What’s wrong with…