I love a variety of music, but I especially like finding artists who are not necessarily out in the mainstream, who are in their niche for the joy of the art and not setting a goal of making millions. Back in 2007, I found out about a then-Washington, D.C., musician named Tom Goss. He actually…
Category: Point of View
These are my posts where I give an opinion about something, take a stand one way or another, give praise and also give criticism.
The presidential election ride, where no one can hear you scream
It’s just under eight months until the general presidential election, but it feels like a neverending story—a neverending horror story. Primary elections have been underway since early February, sometimes one state at a time, sometimes multiple states on the same day, engaged in a shell game to win a magic number of delegates. Not many…
Pledge of Allegiance alive and well in schools
You hear the old-school patriots bemoaning the fact that the Pledge of Allegiance is no longer recited in school. They should come to Shawano and see the holes in their argument. This morning, I walked outside to start up my car and allow it to warm up before heading to work. I always bring my…
Passing the casserole over the good news about Arizona potluck law
I found out something rather disheartening this morning as I hopped on the Internet and read the news back home (For those of you reading my blog for the first time, “home” is Chino Valley, Arizona). Apparently, I grew up in a state of criminals. What’s worse, I grew up with a family of criminals….
Kanye West’s ‘poor little rich boy’ act is one note
When some people hear the name Kanye West, they think of descriptive phrases like musical genius or superstar. Others think of him as a self-entitled twit and a delusional bully. I fall into the latter category. When I look at the music I’ve listened to and liked over the years, I can’t find a single…
The naked truth about social media and drinking coffee in the buff
The human body is—and always has been—an art form. People have made up many of the subjects of the world’s greatest art. Some people have bodies suitable for da Vinci; others have bodies by Picasso. A common theme in many works of art is nudity. Whether it’s a marble sculpture of an athlete or a…
Let the Paczki Hunger Games begin!
(Note to readers: I wrote this a couple of weeks ago, just prior to the start of Lent, and posted it on my Facebook page. This technically should have prompted my return to the blog instead of the death of the dolphin, but it’s still worth a read, in my opinion.) One of the big…
Dolphin death shows seedier side of selfie craze
Note to readers: After more than two years away from this blog, I am back with a vengeance. While I’d like to attribute it to a new streak of creativity, the truth is more and more stuff seems to be pissing me off. Expect more views to show up in the coming weeks. Dolphins are…
Stores gobbling up Thanksgiving holiday in the name of greed
There are certain things that should not be toyed with, but people choose to change things just the same. It’s reached the point where nothing is sacred, where the things we hold most dear are being knocked aside in the name of commercialism. The latest unspeakable act is the infringement on Thanksgiving, a day when…
Toppling goblins was bad enough, but posting video of the extermination was worse
You tend to run into stupid people wherever you go—people who drive the opposite direction of the arrows in a parking lot, people who don’t realize the coffee in McDonald’s is hot, and people who think being gay is a choice. However, there seems to be a new subset of stupid, and these folks believe…
More money for education is a good thing
It’s amazing how much people bash the education system in their communities. If they spent any time observing the schools and seeing what goes on for seven to eight hours per day, then they’d realize that the locals are trying to keep learning going on a shoestring. These days, funding for education is bouncing at…
Constitutional snafu keeping partisan politicians in paychecks
Some of the amendments in the United States Constitution are vital to keep freedom ringing. Then there are some that you have to wonder how many people drank the Kool-Aid to allow this to happen. The more obvious one that springs to mind is the 18th Amendment, which prohibited the sale and consumption of alcohol….
Rural Roots and American Rainbows 