My Dad did not like new ideas, new things, or new challenges. Technology was his worst nightmare. To him high tech were things like a car radio, a remote control for the television, a gas lawn mower, or the kitchen stove. He’s lucky he died in the eighties, right before …

I like shopping at Costco. Hell, everybody likes shopping at Costco! There are however a few tricks, that if applied correctly, will make ones shopping experience at Costco go much smoother and you might even have a little fun as well. To begin with, you need to know the trick …

Chico, California has got to be the hottest place on earth. Yesterday afternoon the thermostat on my back porch read 132 degrees Fahrenheit. Actually I never checked it because I don’t really have a thermostat on my back porch, but if I did, it would have read 132. This …

I like to think of myself as being the non judgmental type even though I pass judgment on just about everybody and everything. It’s a type of denial or self delusion some of us afford ourselves so that we can think that we are better people than we really are. …

This comes from my friend Larry Cooper. It made so much sense, I thought it should be posted….
Michael Jackson dies and it’s 24/7 news coverage.
A real American hero dies and not a word!
In Honor of Ed Freeman
You’re a 19-year-old kid. You’re critically wounded and dying in …

Whoever came up with the phrase “Sorry, but I’ve been so busy lately” was a genius. Everybody uses this phrase even though 90% of the time we’re lying when we do! Lets get real. We’re not that busy, were never that busy! We can make time to do anything we …

Last night I went to Pageant Theatre to see a little known movie called “Food Inc.” If you get a chance to see this movie, please do. When a movie like this doesn’t get the larger distribution it deserves, it plays in small theatres where it mostly preaches to the …

I love food, in fact, it’s my favorite thing to eat! Like most Americans, I try to eat light and to eat for nutrition. And like most Americans, I don’t try hard enough. This whole weight thing is a battle I have slowly been loosing for the last thirty years. …