Read The Fine Print
We are always told, especially by the lawyers, to read the fine print. It matters. So, we do…until the fine print becomes so tedious that you skip over the info, you breeze through the terms and conditions to get to Read More …
Category: opinion
Only Blame Yourself
You can only blame yourself if you didn’t clearly explain the situation to them. Teach them what you know. Teach them what they need to know. Tell them why it is so important. Whether you are a parent, who is Read More …
Who Taught You…
On Father’s Day, the answer to the question should be obvious. Who taught you… How to drive? How to tie a tie? How to iron a dress shirt? How to hyper-mile? How to install a window air conditioner and not Read More …
Hey, Is That The Same Car?
When cars get old enough, antique enough, they stand out. The other day, we saw an orange VW Beetle in a parking lot. Today, walking through town, we saw another one and thought, hey, is that the same car? I Read More …
All Look The Same
A terrible cliche is that people all look the same…they make fun of this all the time: in movies in stand up comedy routines But I am not talking about people of a certain ethnicity. I am talking about how Read More …
Would You Care To Comment
What would you do if someone randomly came up to you in a restaurant, on the street, in your favorite retail store and asked you if you would care to comment? On what topic you might want to know. To Read More …
Squint A Little
If you squint a little bit, do things look more clear? Focusing your mind and your eyes on one thing might be all that it takes. Sometimes, it might even make you hear better, too. Or, understand what the other Read More …
Home Mades
I am not sure who coined the term, but I have seen it in a few restaurants. Regardless of who, where or when…the home mades may mean: Hand sliced, hand cooked potato chips. Or, anything that is made by hand Read More …
Sunday Dinner
As a child, Sunday Dinner was not a big thing… or, at least I can’t recall that it was. No. I am pretty sure that every dinner was a big thing. Dinner on a regular basis, was prepared, eaten, and enjoyed Read More …
New Times
Do the kids today get taught new times tables and properties of multiplication that forego ages and ages of prior math training? In “my day” we were taught that multiplication was one of the most straight forward types of basic Read More …