Thursday night we had Thanksgiving dinner at my brother-in-law Randy's house. We've been together for many years. Conversation was f...

Along with my recent posting about people who think they've been abducted by aliens , comes this recent article about people who think t...

The American automotive CEOs flew to Washington last week. After stepping out of their individual corporate jets, to everyone's disgust ...

This ad came from a 1947 issue of Life magazine, a gift from my friend Peggy. Paranoia rears its ugly head! The man hears a whisper between ...

In my last posting I mentioned false memories as being amongst the reasons people thought they'd been abducted by UFOs. I don't thin...

It feels good to get off the political kick we've all been on for weeks. Sally and I were talking about what makes a person believe. I...

To all Veterans and someday-to-be veterans, HAPPY VETERAN'S DAY. Forty years ago today I was being processed out of the U.S. Army at For...

You watch as the clouds roll in, big, dark, ominous. You know that you're in an exposed place, vulnerable, and the full force of the sto...

Every year it's a challenge to know how many Halloween trick-or-treaters we need to be prepared for. We've lived in our neighborhood...

The Famous Monsters faces of fear! Frankenstein's monster, the Phantom of the Opera, and Mister Hyde! Dracula, the Mummy and Wolfman... ...

It's hard to believe that: a) It's Halloween tomorrow; b) this damn election stuff is nearly over. The way the news organizations ar...

They held a graveside service for Sally's Uncle Jack today. He died last week at age 86. This picture, taken circa the late 1950s, shows...

We were driving on a street adjacent to ours when my wife noticed a man standing by his lawn sign. "Republican for a reason," she ...

Just a couple of years ago this incident would have embarrassed me, but no more. Now I understand more about being male. It means we look. I...

When I was growing up the word Red meant communist. Now it means a state that votes Republican. Who thought that up? Utah is overwhelmingly ...

Monday morning I got one of those annoying e-mails, not from some anonymous spammer, but from a coworker. It was yet another regurgitation ...

Things have happened so fast this past week as the presidential campaign and financial crisis accelerate that it's been hard to stay cur...

Sally and I got back Wednesday night from our visit to family in Pennsylvania. We were there at the perfect time for weather and time of yea...

My wife, Sally, and I have been in Butler PA since last Wednesday visiting our son and his family. We find it a nice place. The fall weather...