Monday, February 25, 2019

Out of commission for a bit

›
I will be offline for a while. Final surgery. If you are on Facebook and I start posting cat pictures, jokes or trolling Conservatives and ...
6 comments:
Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Coffee - the Water of Life

›
Whiskey is supposed to be from the Irish word for the water of life and they do have a point, however, I will argue that coffee is more lik...
12 comments:
Monday, February 11, 2019

Remembering the Farm - School bus days

›
This cold snap kind of takes me back to riding the school bus from 1960 to 1965. In 1960, Wilkie School Unit closed the remaining one-room ...
11 comments:
Monday, February 4, 2019

Inflation in Ukraine

›
The chart below is translated from Ukrainian and USD information was added.  I can't find the original source now, only others who have...
10 comments:
Friday, February 1, 2019

Empire of the Summer Moon - a book review

›
Empire of the Summer Moon : Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History by ...
6 comments:
Tuesday, January 29, 2019

The Lonesome Dove Series – a review of four books

›
 The Lonesome Dove Series of four books by Larry McMurtry can best be described as Shakespearean tragedy westerns.  They attempt to follo...
4 comments:
Tuesday, January 22, 2019

The Purpose of Life

›
To quote Albert the Alligator from the Pogo comic strip: "Don't take life so serious, son; it ain't nohow permanent". ( D...
9 comments: