High on the Yuck Factor: According to a report in a French newspaper, Al Qaeda operatives in Iraq attempted to unleash terror in the skies by deploying a pair of kamikaze canines on a U.S.-bound airplane. The plot failed because the bombs were so poorly stitched inside the dogs that they died. Is there […]
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If you have not heard of Rhema Marvanne yet, you will, and my advice is to hold on to your socks. This talented young singer is only seven years old and already sings like a seasoned pro. She has incredible breath and voice control for one so young, and I look forward to hearing what
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Here is more from my upcoming release, Open Season. I hope you enjoy getting to know more about Sarah, one of the central characters…. Sarah stirred her drink with the plastic straw, the ice clinking against the glass. She tried to remember if it was her fourth or fifth Rob Roy. Not being sure was
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Thanks again to Carl Brookins for introducing another good read…. Set The Night On FireBy Libby Fischer HellmannISBN: 978-0-98406-5-7Trade Paperback fromAllium Press, Chicago, 2010346 pages. Every so often a novel comes along that connects with the reader in such a visceral way that it is like a punch in the stomach. This is such a
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*Everybody says they want a major change in Washington, but for the most part, all we did in Tuesday’s election was replace career politicians from one party with career politicians from another. How does that help? And the Republicans are now saying that their main agenda item is making sure Obama is not re-elected in
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This coming Sunday is the day most of us in the United States are to turn our clocks back one hour as Daylight Saving Time (DST) ends the first Sunday of November. There have been many reasons for establishing DST, some factual, some not so factual. One I always heard was that it was established
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This is the first killing that occurs in the book. Is it right to say, “Enjoy?” Seems a bit sicko to say that…. Mel unlocked the door to the maintenance room and flicked the switch on the wall for light. He still had fifteen minutes until his shift ended at midnight, but he didn’t figure
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In honor of Halloween, I thought I’d share this excerpt from my humorous memoir, A Dead Tomato Plant and a Paycheck. Halloween is not like it used to be. With concerns over Politically Correct costumes, candy that has been tampered with, and who is that stranger driving slowly down the street, Halloween has lost some
As much as $1 billion in U.S. aid has been diverted from programs meant to stabilize Afghanistan and has wound up in the hands of the Taliban and other insurgency groups, war analysts and government auditors say. They say that graft has gotten so bad that the U.S. government estimates that only about 10 percent
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“There’s something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man.” Ronald Reagan A lady riding next to me on the trail ride this past weekend reminded me of that quote, and we both gave it hearty “amens.” It was Sunday morning, so the amen seemed appropriate. People who