“I have no mother now. I have no father. I cannot bring another brother to the world.” — Antigone You got him at last, Mars, Lord of War. My bro cheated your curses for 56 years but you finally took him last week, you devil’s spawn of rabid dogs. In his final days, you mocked him with your dandy little sport in Ukraine. Then, you shamed him with the beginnings of what … [Read more...]
Is this You? Ignoring the Obvious
I have the cutest little candy dish on a counter in my kitchen. It is clear glass, holds about a package of Hersey’s Cookie and Cream chocolate kisses and maybe a few Dark Chocolate Caramel Rolos candies. The thing that makes it so cute is that it has little glass feet on it. I added it to my menagerie of dishes and do dads that found a home with me along my life’s trail. The … [Read more...]
Hamas sealed its own fate
Hamas sealed its own fate with this month’s brutal attack on Israel. In the pantheon of human depravity, Hamas now must be put on the same shelf as the Greater German Reich in the ‘30s and ‘40s. If you are Hamas, then you must be treated like a Nazi war criminal in the world community. If you support Hamas – as some American liberals do – then you must be treated with all … [Read more...]
Wasting workers where everybody knows your name
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...]