Monthly Archives: March 2023

I think I need to take a break from the deeply serious subjects that I have been writing about, to concentrate on even more serious subjects, sports. I’m a sports guy. I’m one of those frustrated athletes who couldn’t perform at a high enough level at any sport to go pro, so I have spentContinue reading “Sporting the Sports”

I was in the middle of writing my latest article when I ran into a problem, spelling. I was never a very good speller. My brain was too full of baseball and football statistics, so it did not have enough room for simple things like the proper spelling of the word capital…or did I meanContinue reading “Spelling Bee, or B, or Bea”

Keeping busy and out of trouble can be a challenge for everybody. Since I’ve retired I’ve been able to keep myself occupied by joining a senior softball league, golfing with my old friends (and I mean old, I think they use their golf clubs more like canes than clubs) and sharing my wisdom through theseContinue reading “A Puzzling Dilemma”

There is a saying attributed to Mark Twain, “Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” This saying is from the 19th century when weather forecasts were based on old wives tales like, the color a of  caterpillar, if the cow’s coat was thicker than usual or old sailor expressions such asContinue reading “Sunny California”

You’re probably wondering why it has been so long since my last column. The last one I posted was on December 29th. I have heard a lot of speculation on why I haven’t been posting, so I am going to address a few of these conspiracy theories. The first one I heard is that IContinue reading “Excuses, Excuses”