Our nation’s history is littered with examples of returning Vets not getting adequate care or even promised bonuses. The list includes Veterans from all wars from the Revolution to Iraq. One shining bad example is the WWI generation. They were promised a bonus payable in 1945. No one counted on the Great Depression to create the havoc [...]
Living my life simply lessen the chances of forgetting where my possessions are. I joke I like being married because I can count on my wife to find my keys.
Keeping life simple means passing on wine snobbery by drinking full bodied reds. Beer is just as simple. I’ll drink whatever you have except for light beers. If I’m going [...]
English, like all languages, is far from perfect and can be confusing. The same word can have different meanings. Take the word “minute”. It can mean either sixty seconds or a teenie-weenie whatever. My daughter pointed out that the correct meaning is dictated by the remaining sentence. Sharp girl that daughter of mine.
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They are the best friends. I like the ones who are low maintenance. They are there whenever you need them , and the time apart from them vanishes when together. We don’t miss a beat.
Last night, I met with two old buddies. One is a fellow Vet from my chapter, and the other promotes Veteran [...]
On the billboard are two men. The one aged in his late 20s is in a wheelchair and being pushed by an older man dressed as a runner. The headline reads, “His father’s been behind him for 37 marathons.”
This is what we Dads do. Our favorite element is when we share in our children’s elements.
It’s the Daddy [...]
Many dog owners walk their pets down my one way street. They usually behave themselves and control their dogs. It really takes just one to spoil it for the many.
This morning, I discovered a sizable”doggie deposit” on my sidewalk. Some poor unfortunate – I hope it was the owner - stepped in it both flattening [...]