I'm sorry that it has been a few weeks since I spoke with you all but, as always lately, life keeps getting in the way. My soon to be 95 year old mother had a medical situation that led her to be taken to the emergency room where after taking around 34 gallons of blood, which took them 76 tries to find a vein, and another CAT scan they figured out that the small mass they found on her colon two weeks earlier had grown about 20%. Her options were to have surgery, where they ga

With the playoffs starting tomorrow it is time for my almost always incorrect predictions for this years MLB Playoffs. Let's start in the...

What we are experiencing in our country today is shocking, frightening, enraging, and sad, but none of it is surprising. It is all there...

I don't know about you, but we get around twenty of these calls a day, every day except Sunday. That works out to approximately six...

I keep telling you guys that the above show, on AXS TV, is one of the best on television. I'm not always excited about the topic they are...

As if my days aren't already like a crap sandwich because of medical issues with my mother, my dog, my wife, and me, I also am in the...

Sorry that I haven't posted anything in a while but things have been a bit crazy. Recently I had a song stuck in my brain for days and...

This past week the commissioner of baseball, Rob Manfred, said the league is exploring the possibility of expansion, adding two teams,...

Probably the biggest decision Linda and I made before we got married was whether or not to have kids. For those that don't know us, we...

I spend a lot of time thinking about the horrible path we are on right now as a country and wondering if those that decided a thirty-four...

I realized last night that I might be spending too much time in front of the TV. I know why I am, it's because it is too damn hot to be...

I was texting with a friend today and we were discussing the mess in Washington, specifically the hold the 34 times convicted felon still...

Beyond the unspeakable evil that this bill contained is the fact that nearly every single Republican in Congress voted for it knowing it...

I can already hear all five of you followers of this blog releasing a huge sigh and muttering under your breath "not again." Well, sorry...

I'm glad I waited until today to write about the events of this weekend in Los Angeles because by Sunday night there was a noticeable...

In the aftermath of the felons victory there was handwringing and soul searching being done by the Democrats as to why they were beaten...

Happy Memorial Day everyone! I hope you all enjoy the time with family and friends and please stay safe. It is time to clean out the...

Yesterday was Mothers Day and that got me thinking about girl bands, as you would expect, and in particular I wondered how many there...

Linda and I are dog lovers to be sure. Since we got married nearly forty seven years ago we've had seven different dogs. We started with...

For those of you that have known me for a while you know that I generally think of myself, as Tom Barnicle pegged us, an eighth grader...