There are not many of us, but I happily tell you I am one. I am the one that will go into a candle or other sniffy shop and I want to smell each and every one. From Flowers in Grandams Attic to Something Musky. My favorite is nearly anything vanilla with a hint of rum and wood. Yes of course there are those that as soon as the smell enters my nose and it reaches my mind and my … [Read more...]
Nevada’s rural dentistry— a workforce in progress
By Zil Joyce Dixon Romero and Piper Martin Special to the Nevada Independent In 2018, there were estimated to be 200,000 trained oral health professionals in the United States, with an average of 61 dentists per 100,000 people in each state. Nevada fell just below the national average, with 55 dentists per 100,000 residents. Despite the relatively small deviation, the … [Read more...]
The greatest movie never made
It was the summer of 1947 and starving young Hollywood screenwriter Hymie Schwartz was pitching a film idea to rapacious MGM movie mogul Louis B. Mayer. This report is based on recently unearthed notes discovered by the vaunted Barbwire investigative team. As always, we have spared every expense to bring you the news you never knew you needed to know till now. “Thank you … [Read more...]
Is this you? The new roof
I may not be the brightest tube that years ago needed a few minutes to warm up to light up my television screen, but I thought I knew my way around my DISH Network satellite dish. Right off you can tell my background in electronics started many, many up-grades ago. A television tube is a lovely antiquated glass thing that in today’s world is heavier than even an 80-inch … [Read more...]
It’s not just smoke anymore
I could fill this whole column – and a few more to boot – recounting Hunter Biden’s wild prostitute binges and his pathetic attempts to cover them up. Telling the IRS that a $10,000 sex club fee was a “golf membership”? C’mon, man. That ain’t gonna work. The indictment of the president’s son last week on federal charges in California laid bare years of drugs, sex and … [Read more...]
I Love Lucy: Open the Golden Door
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free / The wretched refuse of your teeming shore / Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me / I lift my lamp beside the golden door” --Emma Lazarus Given the current state of current affairs, isn’t it sobering to note the poet’s last name? We can use a bit of resurrection. Of my America. And … [Read more...]
The blue box
It’s Christmas time. A time of good cheer, merriment and warm fuzzy feelings. I do not forget the reason for the season. The birth of my Savior. But I also am inclined to enjoy the warmth of all that the season offers. Friends, family, food, frivolity and--decorating. More so in years past, but still I trudge out to the storage shed and retrieve the priceless family … [Read more...]
In the cocoon of our unhealthy cartoon
Singing satirist Tom Lehrer got it right: Satire died that day Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. (See below.) These days, we are forced to live within the cocoon of an endless cartoon loop that would dizzy even the Roadrunner and Wile E. Coyote. Instance in point: Health care is now dangerous to your health, physically and financially, not necessarily in … [Read more...]