Okay, so Bristol and Livi are finally getting married. Bristol Palin and Livi Johnston, that is. This is so they can raise their son, Tripp, who was born out of wedlock, with a mother and a father in the same house. Oh, goody. Who cares if the father has posed for Playgirl? Does it matter […]
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Thanks again to Carl Brookins for sharing his book reviews with us. Death in West Wheeling Michael DymmochFive Star Mysteries, Hardcover,182 pages, Hardcover, $25.95IBN1594144583 Who knew author Michael Dymmoch, who has written such solid noir mysteries as “White Tiger,” “The Fall” and “M.I.A.”, could put together such a funny, even hilarious novel as this one, set
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I’m starting something new on the blog. Since Fridays for me are all about tying up all the odds and ends of my week and making sure I got everything done, I came up with the idea of doing an odds and ends piece every Friday. Basically it will be just little bits of absurdities,
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Actually, not such a surprise. Most of us already realize that common sense does not seem all that common in Washington. That came to mind today when I read the following news item: “Government watchdogs are telling a Senate panel that the Obama administration’s multibillion effort to help at-risk homeowners avoid foreclosure is not working
In looking for news items to post on WinnsboroToday.com, this morning, I ran across this from Fex News: ” Indonesia’s top Islamic body declared Tuesday that Muslims can drink civet coffee — the world’s most expensive coffee, which is extracted from the dung of civet cats. A preacher recently suggested the beverage might not be
HONEY, PLEASE DON’T CALL ME SWEETIE was the headline for a column in The Dallas Morning News yesterday that was written by a 90-year-old woman, Helen Mitchell. The point of her column was that nurses and medical staff often refer to the older patients as Sweetie, Honey, or Darling during exams, x-rays and other medical
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It’s been a while since I posted an excerpt from my humorous memoir, A Dead Tomato Plant and a Paycheck, so here is another offering from the chapter Summertime Blues. Yes, Swimming Does Count as Bathing. Enjoy…. When I was writing my weekly humor column for a suburban newspaper, it was always a challenge each
Recent news reports about schools in Montana that are considering adopting a sex ed course for early elementary students have been flying around the Internet. This latest on the topic was on FoxNews.com: “According to the 62-page draft proposal, beginning in kindergarten, school nurses will teach students proper terms such as “nipple, breast, penis, scrotum
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A long time ago I was privileged to be one of the people selected to attend a series of screenwriting classes taught by Joe Camp and his partner Erwin Hearne, of “Benji” fame. Joe, a principle behind Mulberry Square Productions in Dallas, was riding high on the success of the Benji films and wanted
When I was cleaning my small pasture this morning I noticed these mushrooms. Needless to say I put the shovel down and went to get my camera before my horse could step on the mushrooms and squash them. This one looks like a little cap that a child might have for a doll. I’ve seen
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