Tickets Purchased!
Me at the Georgetown, Delaware airport which DOES NOT HAVE FLIGHTS TO PHILLY OR BALTIMORE - only play acting at our little local airport - maybe someday they'll get with it and realize there is a...
View ArticleUnderstanding a Scorpio Man
My good friend and fabulous world renown fellow blogger Dr. Spo sent me this link via e-mail a few days ago. He then asked a simple question:"Is this 'you'?" Guilty as charged, especially with the...
View ArticleJa Vidi
"Ja Vidi"? What does it mean? I don't know. But what I do know is that his song (and video) by Christopher Goze captured my attention this afternoon while I was at my computer. Often, when I'm at my...
View ArticleUseless Trivia Information
I admit it, I am a trivia slut. I just cannot get enough information that basically means nothing. Oh sure, I have my strong areas of trivia (movie stars, Fifties and Sixties, historical figures,...
View ArticleThe Summer "Smuggies" an Other Desultory Thoughts
Man walking in the bottom of a pool, the way I feel when I walk outside on a humid day like todayTis now 5:08 pm in the afternoon as I sit at my computer typing this blog posting. I look out my...
View ArticlePassion
Part of my backlog of books to read in my basement libraryNow there is a blog title to grab your attention. I am passionate about a lot of things. Politics, friends, movies, music, genealogy...
View ArticlePat Gets His Head Shaved
During Pat's visit here last month, he realized his longtime dream to get his head shaved. During a previous visit he went with me to my barber Gail while I got a haircut. He asked her "Do you shave...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday July 10, 1976
"Who dat?" July 10, 1976Oh how well I remember this time. The year was 1976, the 200th year of the Declaration of Independence and the first year of our ownership of our "country property" in Chester...
View ArticleMexican Jumping Beans and Baby Ruths
I love this time of year. Nice weather, long days, fresh veggies.Last night I finished my second day of work at the hotel. Of course we're quite busy at the hotel with the summertime crowd. Usually...
View ArticleSaturday Morning Random Thoughts
As usual, lots of "stuff" swirling through my noggin this summer Saturday morning. Let's take them as they waft in and out of my mind.I sent an e-mail yesterday to the local Democratic neighborhood...
View ArticleMailbox Down!
As Bill and I returned from an early Sunday morning run to Food Lion, I noticed our mailbox was on the ground. Uh……somebody HIT our mailbox.Well folks, we've lived in this neighborhood for almost...
View ArticleDiary of a Wimpy Kid
My friend Pat sent me the book "Diary of a Wimpy Kid." I've heard of this book. Reading it I discovered something that I think just about all of us know, at one time or another we've all been that...
View ArticleMore "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" (2)
Here we go for episode two of my personal "Diary of a Wimpy Kid." I want to get this down while I'm in the mood and the memories are still fresh in my head. The funny thing is that I've forgotten much...
View ArticleNone of Us Lives Forever
This is a rare picture of me during my medical odyssey during 1959 - my friend Lar just sent it to meDuring my illness I had put on 40 lbs (up from my usual 160 lbs) to top 200 lbs. This is the "fat"...
View ArticleToby Maguire - Douchebag
Toby Maguire - AssholeA few days ago I was reading an article in Vanity Fair about a former cocktail waitress who became a popular poker hostess to the stars. Her name is Molly Bloom. I like reading...
View ArticleFurther Adventures of a Wimpy Kid (Part 3)
Me, 1951 - about to leave for a two week summer vacation "in the country" with my Aunt Mildred and her family and my little buddy "Ducky" Vance - Photo taken on Washington Avenue, Downingtown,...
View ArticleWolves and Sheep
You know I figured out a long time ago that this world was made up of wolves and sheep. When you're born into this world, you're either a wolf or you're a sheep. You either take or you're taken.I...
View ArticleDreams
DreamerLast night I had a doozy of a dream. And I can actually remember most of it. Usually I can't remember my dreams, only if they were intense, good or bad. But this one last night . . . . I...
View ArticleMiss Scarlett
AAUGH!My friend Pat told me last night he's going to see a new movie today. I asked "Which one?" He says "Lucy." So immediately I think "Oh, about Lucille Ball?" Uh . . . no. Then I think "Is it Lucy...
View ArticleGetting Ready for the Big Trip
Larry, me and Pat - did someone just give me Rabbit Ears?Time for a roundup of my random thoughts folks.Today I don't have to go to work at the hotel. Don't have to go tomorrow either. But then . . ....
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