When I was in middle school, I leafed through Harriet Beecher Stowe’s, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” Around that same time, I think I read most of Judy Blume’s “Are You [...]
I just finished watching the Republican debates from CNN and youtube.com. If you didn’t catch it, the debate mainly consisted of questions sent in via video clips. For instance, [...]
There are a bazillion issues with health care in Americans. Americans themselves are one of the biggest problems-we don’t take care of ourselves, we expect doctors to fix all our issues [...]
You’ll want to visit the new and improved web site for the Seeing Eye, Inc., Carson’s alma mater: www.SeeingEye.org I hear there are pics of new puppiess there, too(c’mon on! If [...]
Generally, I hate movies. There’s the list of my favs; Scent of A Woman, Pulp Fiction, Blues Brothers, etc., but there’s rarely a time when, on a dead evening, I pipe up with, [...]
When I was growing up, it seemed like every Sunday afternoon was spent around Grandma and Grandpa Engel’s kitchen table. Fried chicken and mashed potatos are my most vivid memory, but [...]
To be said in your best Elvis-sounding voice… The whole idea of Thanksgiving is to remember all the things we have and how lucky we are. And we are! I mean, if you’re reading this, [...]
Yesterday, we hired a handyman which I, of course, found on craigslist.org. Floyd was hired to hang up some artwork and decorations in our living room-a task we could take care of IF we had a [...]
I freakin’ love craigslist.org. I’ve purchased and sold so many things over the last year that I’d have been unable to buy/sell were it not for CL. In fact, right now, I’m [...]
Smith is the #1 surname in America. But for the first time ever, two Hispanic names, Garcia and Rodriguez, have pushed into the top ten…and not just pushed, but Garcia shot up to #7. [...]