I’m Not Lisa
Every once in awhile I am truly surprised at how ignorant I am. The song that Jessi Colter sang, way back when (1975), “I’m Not Lisa” I have always felt was the best song, ever done, by someone I had...
View ArticleY – Bridge
In Zanesville, Ohio at the confluence of two rivers. The picture is looking north with the Muskingum River being bigger today. The Licking River, on the left, used to be the same size as the...
View ArticleBackground or How You Seed The Audience
So, I watching President Obama speak at Lackawanna College in Scranton, PA today. As for the President the audience was a mixture of skin tones and they cheered when appropriate. Two or three days ago...
View ArticleThis Is Just My Opinion
If the United States had a white Democrat as President, we would not be having the budget and ‘debt-ceiling’ problems that the media is reporting on. Before 2008 when President Obama was elected, I was...
View ArticlePolitics and Some Important Issues
It has become hard for me to stay interested in all the political machinations these past few months. I am well aware that the TeaParty and government shut-down are important, but . . . On 26 May,...
View ArticleAnother . . .
I’ve made several posts recently about my buddy, Molly. My 9-1/2 year old friend moved in when she was about 8 months old. She knows the rules. Her way of signaling that she has to relieve herself is...
View ArticleIt Is All Racial
Today it is obvious that the white enclaves are struggling mightily to hold on to power. The 30 – 50 safe gerry-mandered Congressional Districts are white and conservative. No matter how crazy their...
View ArticleThe NBA
I “grew up” in the old/original Boston Garden. I watched a whole lot of basketball in that leakey old barn on Causeway Street in Boston. At the time the NBA consisted of just eight teams. Only two of...
View ArticlePublic Schools
In May of 1954, sixty years ago, the Supreme Court ruled in the Brown v. Board of Education that schools could not be segregated. Separate but equal was no longer valid. Ten years later, while in the...
View ArticleSpecial Day
May 26 is a special day for two reasons, this year. First, it is Mrs. Chief’s birthday. I am told that a gentleman never tells how many years old a lady is. While no one has ever accused me of being...
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