Extra effort is the rule, or so we hear. “If you want to be somebody, it will take more than you’re doing.” “If you want to succeed, work harder.” But some people are born lucky. Clint asks, “Do you feel lucky? Do you, punk?”
KNOW BETTER? BETTER THAN WHAT? TO VOTE
November 4, 2024 by
Adults have it over kids when they say, “You ought to know better,” when something goes wrong. Older people have seen plenty go wrong, have done plenty of things wrong. Did they have someone explain what they ought to know? Or did they have the grace of being stupid by themselves without the feedback? Well, […]
DAMAGED MEN DON’T ASK FOR BAND-AIDS?
October 28, 2024 by
Damaged men are all around, but you’d never know it. Why? Not because they tell you, because they don’t. In a show and tell world, they do the show part better than the tell part.
AMERICAN IDENTITY IS NO SURPRISE
August 24, 2024 by
An American identity is more than a passport, drivers license, or birth place. It’s more than bragging rights and USA USA USA. What is it? Here’s one take on what it is:
PERSONAL ATTACHMENTS KEEP GROWING
July 31, 2024 by
I’ll define ‘personal attachments’ first: it’s your leg, your arm, your head. It’s anything you’ve grown fond of. Baby boomers are officially old enough to have grown fond of most everything. And that’s a normal life.
FAMILY HISTORY: DIVE IN THE WATER’S FINE
June 5, 2024 by
Family history has it that my wife’s Grandfather was in Dunkirk in 1940 and her Dad sailed with the Arctic convoys bringing supplies to Russia. One was in the English Army, the other the Royal Navy. Who knew? What happened to Grandpa after Dunkirk? We know Dad found his true love in Bath, England and […]
SPORTS FAN HISTORY: SING IT OUT
January 17, 2024 by
Sports fan used to be a grubby, sweaty, man who enjoyed watching other men do what they couldn’t do. His observations made him an expert to those who didn’t know sports, and an annoyance to those who did. Those were the good old days when men dressed in suits and ties, wore a hat, and […]
DISAPPOINTING DALLAS LAST CALL FOR 2023
January 15, 2024 by
Disappointing Dallas played its last football game of the year. And they are disappointed. How disappointed? Disappointed in their coach and quarterback? That disappointed? Maybe?
LAST POST BEFORE 2023 WRAPS
December 31, 2023 by
This is my last post? No, not THAT last post, just the last of the year. Has 2023 been good to you, or is it leaving with a Last Post wish? “Eternity Now?” Why not step into 2024 with a moonrise like the one up there ^ ?
IMPORTANT PEOPLE NEED MORE IMPORTANCE
December 26, 2023 by
You know the important people in your life. How? Because they’re important to you. And you know why they’re important. Maybe you even tell them they are the important people in your life. But maybe you don’t, then what? They’ll tell you.
