QUACK vs. DOCTOR
As mentioned in my last post, if there were such a thing as a quack magnet, my parents fit the bill—or paid the bill (however you want to look at it). My personal… Continue reading
Category Archive: Rant
CHANGES
Hard to believe that there have been so many changes since the mid 20th century. Take, for example, the uproar when Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. The military was… Continue reading
An Eye For An Eye
Please read Struggle To Understand as a precursor to this rant, because the comment is what triggered this response. The specific comment indicated that it is a ‘Sad reality’ that our society is… Continue reading
SPAM (not related to the food)
It’s taken a while, but I believe I can write about this without fire blowing out of my ears. Somehow, somewhere, someone sold my email address to spammers. Perhaps it was for profit,… Continue reading
WRITERS GRIDLOCK
I’ve been deep into a state I call writer’s gridlock. In a lot of ways it’s worse than writer’s block because it comes at you in so many layers. It started when I… Continue reading
I’M STILL HERE!
3 Generations of people who AREN’T still here. Left to right: Great grandmother, grandmother, uncle Bob, I have no idea, my mother’s best friend (who married some English guy) and lastly–my mom (who… Continue reading
What Words Define You?
Once upon a time people could tell an Irish, Polish, English, blond, fat guy, off-color joke without the threat of a lawsuit. People understood the difference between a bully and a government hell-bent… Continue reading
The Dumbing of America – Part 1
Please see the original poem Dumbing of America by Vickie Kayuk which will be published on April 12, 2013 at “Where Do I Go From Here?” as part of the NaPoWriMo Challenge. This… Continue reading
What do you think—psychic or psychotic?
It’s 2am again on the east coast of the USA. Time for the pristine brain with the defective software program to splatter words onto the screen. Is there such thing as psychic ability?… Continue reading
Guns, Taxes and Living in the USA
OK….I’m mad, and I’m not going to take it any more…. I am just about sick and tired of hearing all about how awful guns are and how ‘assault riffles’ should be banned.… Continue reading