It was an 8AM breakfast last Thursday that lead me to this. Maybe it was the effort it took to make the meeting or maybe it was the snowstorm that raged outside or maybe it was merely the fact we had nothing else to do...no pressure to leave. My friend, whom I love and respect, voted for Trump. I voted for Clinton and we started to talk politics. …
This story comes from the Gaza strip in a refugee camp. A Palestinian barber, Ramadan Edwan, is using fire instead of a hair dryer to straighten his clients' hair. Due to the lack of electricity, Ramadan turned to fire for his source of heat. He begins by pouring flammable powder and liquid on the customer's hair before setting it on fire with a …
As you may know I like to drive fast and have gotten tickets in the past. (not anymore though:) I thought I new every excuse but this one takes the cake. Deep in Western Australia a driver was caught speeding. Not unusual given the stretches of road, but he told police it was the wind’s fault. After the officer stopped laughing he wrote out a tic …
Have you every gotten frustrated and angry at our government institutions (I know;) Here's a captial idea...pay your government bill with pennies. In fact a business owner recently did this. Nick Stafford paid a DMV bill of $2,987.45 using five wheelbarrows filled with 300,000 pennies. The employees at the DMV office in Lebanon, Virginia were f …
I never really laugh at Mother-In-Law jokes. I understand them from stories and experiences people have recited but never connected with the meaning. That's because my Mother-in-Law was an incredible woman. Strong, resilient, demure, classy, loving, intelligent and so much more. Jean Rack (Nana) was the embodiment of all that is good. Her story is …
They call it a Polar Vortex, the Siberian Express, the Canadian Clipper...I just call it winter. It's here...look out your windows (for those of us in the Northeast) and revel in the snow. I've got my snow thrower and shovels at the ready. You know it's winter when Fred is getting ready to go south and the sounds of winter suburbia fill the air. …
Kentucky Fried Chicken of New Zealand is offering their really loyal customers the chance to win a strange piece of merchandise: a scented candle. Not just any candle though. The iconic fried chicken joint posted to their FB page a fried chicken-scented candle bearing the image of the chain's Colonel Sanders logo. This is not the first time KFC o …
Ahhh the sounds of suburbia. I awoke this morning to hear the lovely whine of several leaf blowers and the rumble of a few lawnmowers as they made their way around my neighbor's yards. We have a rule in our town that states you cannot use this equipment before 8A and wouldn't you know at exactly 8A the cacophony of 2 cycle and 4 cycle engines fil …
I love Thanksgiving...no presents, no religion, just good food (hopefully:), friends, family and a heaping of gratitude. But that's not what my blog today is about. Last Tuesday night I arrived home, ate some dinner and went upstairs to get ready for bed..I was exhausted. As I'm in the process, I hear the familiar sound of a lawnmover rumbling …
Not for the election Tuesday, Fred covered that yesterday. This is about something much bigger. We’re about to see the biggest supermoon in more than 60 years – and there won’t be another until 2034. On November 14 at 9:52 AM, the moon will be the closest to Earth it has been since 1948. The moon is expected to be 14% bigger and 30% brighter, m …
They're in style and many men have grown them in many different lengths. Fred shaves his off and grows it back several times during the year. A friend of mine wears a goatee and extends it to a full beard then shaves it back. I've had mine for a very long time...30+ years. I can't remember not having a beard. I look at pictures of myself withou …
A 7 year old young man just bought what he has dreamed about...a pony. Sabastion Lucas from Australia sold lemonade for 3 years to save up enough money to purchase his new pony Tom. Sabastian makes his lemonade with lemon and sugar and sells it for 20 cents a cup. It became so popular he would regularly sell out. I think we should make him a …
After a 60th birthday party in Saratoga tonight and a wedding in Maryland Sunday, we're heading to Myrtle Beach on Monday. Then again Matthew may have something to say about it as it pounds the Carolina coast this morning. It's a game time decision whether we go or not. There are automatic no-go factors and ones that could sway me either way. For …
That was on a license plate I noticed yesterday and I started to wonder... I know many people who are generous with their time and money...even if it is in a small way. For myself, I am generous to a fault, especially in business. I give my time and efforts to many pursuits that are not profitable. My Father and I used to discuss that quite a b …
Yes it's true. Walled City Brewery in Londonderry, Northern Ireland posted an advertisement in a local newspaper seeking a 'beer taster.' The lucky person will be required to taste up to 40 craft beers once a month. And get this..."Training will be provided but ideally we are looking for an understanding of the nature of craft beers, for someone …
It's Saturday...and anything goes.
