In 2010, 2016 and last year, I presented the top 10 cures for what ails us. How are we doing? Not too damned good at all. Maybe I’m demonstrably crazy for beating the same drum while banging my same head against the same wall. So sue me. Learned professionals far wiser than me always advise that before healing can begin, the victim needs to recognize the problem, name the … [Read more...]
The Joe Biden curse
The curse “be careful what you wish for” stalks the Joe Biden Administration like a lion in tall grass. He told us he could do a better job than Donald Trump in handling the COVID-19 pandemic. He blamed Trump personally for everyone who died of COVID during his presidency. Now Biden’s in charge. Trump gave him a vaccine. Yet today as you read this more people have died of … [Read more...]
Is This You? Magic Lists
It seems that some sort of shopping is a daily occurrence. Sometimes it’s just window shopping. Sometimes it’s specific and pointed buying shopping. The act of shopping is usually automatic. It’s the automatic shopping that gets me to overspend. So I am a list shopper. Not just groceries. If I am going out of town I not only list what I need I also list all the places I want to … [Read more...]
Master producer
The title of this week’s column refers to one Pierre Cossette, a booking agent for Mapes entertainment during Reno’s Golden era. A little over 10 years ago I happened to meet Pierre’s son, one John Cossette, who told me of Pierre’s passing. He noted that two funerals were held for Pierre, one in L.A. and one in his birth place in Canada. Over the years I had many … [Read more...]
Husband wants wife’s history to repeat itself
DEAR ABBY: I am a 44-year-old woman who has been married for three years. We all have a past. Unfortunately, I made mistakes in mine that I foolishly mentioned to my husband when he asked. He is someone who doesn’t let go of things easily. I had a threesome in my early 20s, which I didn’t think was a big deal because I was young and experimenting with my sexuality. He’s now … [Read more...]
I want my $10,000.00, dammit!
MUCHAS GRACIAS, TEJANOS! Texas has shown us the way to prevent pleasure-seeking America from continuing to commit suicide. Apparently in the age of Czar Donaldov, state legislatures, especially those that ignore the Civil War and its congressional antecedents, can do any damned thing they want. So why should Mississippi West Nevada sit on the sidelines? Let’s ante into the … [Read more...]
The COVID yo-yo
Well, here we go again. Anew strain of COVID-- called “Omicron” – has popped up in Africa, prompting Europe and the U.S. to restrict travel to and from the region. It’s too early to know the full repercussions of this new variant, but as I see it this is the potential recurring nightmare for Nevada. Travel limitations are never good for the casino industry. And, another … [Read more...]
Is this you? Clocking in
Fixing things around the house is a never ending journey. Not big things. Heaven forbid. No, just little things that become entangled in that vacuum of tears and misadventures. A door hinge that is squeaking louder and louder until it screams louder than cats during predictable times of the year. Or tighten up a table leg that’s loose as a goose. Yes a goose. I like to think of … [Read more...]