If your sister or daughter were killed on the job because the boss didn’t care about safety, you’d do something, right? For years, I’ve been waiting for Hollywood to right an old wrong, so let’s reopen the wound and leAt it bleed anew. America has reached one helluva low ebb if the most bearable story in Monday’s New York Times involved the deaths of 146 workers. The … [Read more...]
Is this you? Spider Stories
I wrote sometime ago about how baby spiders, in the fall of the year, are kicked out of their family spider homes. They are all given a supply of web that they hang onto and fly through the air to land on something that may catch their web. A fencepost, an edge of a garage, an antenna, a tree. That’s where the new baby spiders start their own spider lives and the circle of life … [Read more...]
The most dangerous animal in the world
Winter 1963 It felt like the world would freeze With John F. Kennedy And the Beatles “The most dangerous animal in world” was probably the title of one of the greatest speeches I ever heard, a work of ironic perfection: It was never given. I witnessed that jungle-worthy admonition as a 16 yeard-old kid seven decades ago. They came as part of a ridiculous … [Read more...]
It’s official: Reno’s not a football town anymore
By David Colborne The Nevada Independent There are two truths longtime residents of Reno will largely agree upon. The first truth longtime residents will agree upon is that, if Reno has a primary sports allegiance, it’s to the University of Nevada, Reno’s football team (The Nevada Independent isn’t sports media so I’ll be using the university’s preferred appellation … [Read more...]
Is this you? Eatin’ Pie
As the saying goes, “There’s always room for Jell-O.” Well, I am here to tell you that no matter how much you eat in the next few celebratory holiday dazed days, there will always be room for pie! I have seen this played out many times. After the last platter, bowl, plate, basket and gravy boat is taken off the table, out comes the pie. Now come on, admit it. In our … [Read more...]
Is this you? The rolling of the hoses
Fall is falling all around the country. Every year is the same. Every year is different. Every year there is something special to enjoy and probably fear, just a little bit. But! Yes an annually changing “but.” Every year brings something new to the table of life. We just have to learn to see it coming and either embrace it or get out of the way of things we can’t fix or … [Read more...]
The normal course of Senate business?
You gotta love New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez. Police raided his home and found gold bars squirreled away here and there, as well as $550,000 in cash hidden in the clothes in his closet. The feds say he was taking bribes from three Egyptian businessmen. He said it came to him in the normal course of doing the work of a U.S. senator. Every senator in Washington, D.C., … [Read more...]
Washoe will decide presidency in 2024
You are more important than you ever thought you could ever be, dear fellow denizens of the High Desert Outback of the American Dream. I’ve been practicing (and malpracticing, in the auguste opinions of defeated opposition) Nevada follytix for over half a century. I proceed from a healthy respect for history, an unfashionable pursuit as we abandon English and revert to … [Read more...]