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The most famous line from the movie Field of Dreams is, “if you build it he will come”. I remember that I really didn’t want to see it when it… Read More »If You Build It

Last week was a bonanza in the stupid news department. I say stupid but what I really mean is, people not smart enough to keep their names out of the… Read More »Hey Hey, Weʻre the Monkeys

When health concerns strike friends in your age group, it always makes you think about your own mortality. For a lot of people, this is the impetus for the creation… Read More »I Want More Life

In the history of our country, there have been high points like the Emancipation Proclamation and universal suffrage but there have been just as many lows like Prohibition and the… Read More »July 2012

I recently returned from a trip to “Lost Wages”. Anybody who knows me will testify that casino owners will never discourage me from returning because my luck is what their… Read More »Winning and Losing

Time is a funny commodity. When you’re young, you think it is unlimited. As you age, it fluctuates between an eternity (falling asleep Christmas Eve) and an instant (the time it takes… Read More »Time to Play B-Sides

My uncle Bob is fond of spouting quotes; often mis-attributed due to this lack of Google skill but that is part of his charm. Sure he attributed “the only thing… Read More »Watchin the Sun Bake

I can hardly believe it but Summer is almost here. If I had to judge from the blustery weather, I wouldn’t even think Spring had arrived. Yet, most schools finish… Read More »One and One Makes Three