Well, what can I say other than the obvious fact that if we didn’t have these, there would be a lot of ugly people running around naked… so in my opinion, clothing, shoes and accessories are basically a good thing.

    I am not a dresser-upper. That is a fact. I will wear a t-shirt till someone makes me throw it away or it finally self-destructs. Now before you think that I am a slob, I am talking about in the home environment. I know that T-shirts have no pla...

     Cell phones… what can you say? They are a lifesaver at times and a pain at others. There seems to be no escaping them, except for the good old excuses “I must have been out of my area is why I didn’t get your call” and “I guess I left it turned off.” But the few times when I broke down or ran out of gas in the middle of winter a mile from the gas station… that is when they were worth their weight in gold. Talking to that special someone for hours whil...

     My life has revolved around cars, vehicles, and parts. Not so much around boats, I really don’t have much use for water other than making iced tea with it and showering in it. Although swimming pools surrounded by beautiful women do have their allure, I have to admit. Having been born and living most of my life in Kansas, I really wasn’t exposed to the water much. We did have a farm pond, but it was more mud than water, and I am not sure that you could sink if ...

     I enjoy taking pictures immensely, as proven by the boxes of photos that I have. Photos of my children doing all sorts of things, pets, cars, scenery, weather, snow, ice, rain… you name it, I have probably taken pictures of it. Some of the time, I have even had the film developed and have gotten to see the pictures that I have taken. My house has scads of rolls of film lying around that I have never “gotten around to” taking in to get...

     I have worked in the business and industrial fields many times in my life, and quite frankly, didn’t care much for it. It tends to be cold and impersonal for the most part, striving towards “efficiency” and “cost-productive procedures”. Sure, I use products that they make. But maybe they could just be a bit nicer to the people who work to make those products for them, instead of sitting in their conference rooms in their suits ordering in lunch before hea...

     Books are treasures. Books are friends for rainy days and summer afternoons. Books are ideas, and thoughts, and heartfelt feelings and fantasies all squished into little letters and smooshed onto dead trees. Writing these books, on the other hand… is a labor of love. It starts out fun… while the ideas are flowing and you are creating a world of your own, your characters coming to life in your mind, then onto the paper. Then… the work starts. Commas… perio...

     What’s not to love about babies? I especially like other people’s babies. You can play with them, tickle them, toss them into the air… well, maybe not the last, just ask Michael Jackson about that one. But nonetheless, you can have fun with the little tykes. Then when they get fussy and start bawling or stinking… you can just hand them back to their parents and go on about your business. That is the best kind of baby… at times.

    Then th...

     Mass produced art is tasteless and devoid of all character and serves only one purpose… to make your wall fit in exactly with everyone else’s who bought that same lithograph of some woodland scene, beachfront sunset, or dog’s playing poker. While the last is momentarily amusing, after about the first day it simply becomes annoying. Art is an expression of an artist at a particular moment in time. If you copy it, you demean it and lessen its worth. Give me a...