I am 83-years-old
Apparently, I’ve leapt generations. Over my Christmas vacation, the sister taught me the age-old craft of crocheting. Yesterday, I found myself in the craft store looking for a book, some yarn, and some hooks. This morning, I balled my yarn in anticipation of making a scarf.
Geez. I am such an old [...]
The Bill Stone series
The themes are similar, the arguments the same — here’s another installment in the Bill Stone series. As always, this letter originally appeared in The Rapid City Journal.
Lived too long
You know you’ve lived too long when:
The queers are getting married, the straights are shacking up, and neither want any children.
The queers can marry in [...]
propaganda
Wow. I have never seen propaganda like this — propaganda courtesy of a TV commercial featuring Tom Ridge, Secretary of the beloved U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
“Every family should be ready for a terrorist attack.”
I’m pretty sure that’s innacurate. I’m also pretty sure that the Doe family living on a section somewhere between [...]
why, oh, why
Why does it seems that some people are liberal just so they can say they are? I’m not trying to trivialize anyone’s opinions, but liberal is en vogue — and so many are jumping on that bandwagon one would think it was headed to Vegas.
redneck chic
It is so darn classy to have a milk crate for a television stand.
o happy day
My car lovingly decided to break down (well, it runs great, I just can’t turn the wheel) today. And on one of the coldest days of winter. Wonderful.
Have I mentioned it’s cold? It’s a whopping -15 ° F (that’s about -26 ° C for those that use a normal measurement system). [...]
the requisite resolutions
In honor of the new year — which, by the way, hasn’t been especially nice to me so far — I thought I’d list a few resolutions for the year. I shall just call them goals, though, as that is what they really are. I will check back at the beginning of next [...]
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