What Matters

I am writing this now because I would probably later regret not capturing my thoughts about such an historic election before they are trampled into dust by time marching on. I am pleased with the result as many are but not because I expect Mr. Obama to affect any dramatic changes himself. The cur...

I haven't received any hate mail in quite a while, so... let's drum up some. I'm just kidding. I'm not really trolling for hate mail.This came from a MySpace bulletin, so it's bound to be easy to pick on because it was probably started by someone too young know any better, but it's just one…

The phone rang at 5:57am this morning, and I knew why. Sure, it could have been a neighbor calling about the coyotes that have been very active in the area recently or maybe the cows were loose again, but even those events don't normally warrant a phone call that early. News like that can (and&he...

Picking out Father's Day cards was tough this year. I normally pick something humorous to avoid needing to actually think about expressing what I really feel. I mainly resort to that because I never remember to get a card until the absolute last minute when there is no time to think about such th...

This time it's in my previous taste in movies. It seems like nearly every movie that I thought had some merit ten or more years ago is turning out to really be crap when I revisit it. It's embarassing to even mention some of the titles. A handful have survived the test of time, but…