Keep Your Eyes on the Road

Is it just me or does everyone else get really nervous when you see someone driving and they’re not looking at the road but they’re looking at the passenger they are talking to?  Lately while watching TV or movies whenever there’s a car scene I just want to yell at the actor behind the wheel [...]

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I Could’ve Had a V8

Remember that commercial for V-8 tomato juice where people knock themselves in the head and exclaimed I could’ve had a V8?  Well I kind of feel that way about my purchase last December of a Palm TX.  I’ve been using a PDA for several years and decided to upgrade my Palm M515 by purchasing the [...]

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The Ex Is Coming

There are some people who probably would never get together again if there were not for the ease of making connections through the Internet.  Long before I ever met Norm he lived quite an exotic life as a rock ‘n roll DJ.  This was of course during the 60s when I was a wee little [...]

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Memories That Stick

The other day I saw a friend’s photo from her wedding album.  She’s about 10 years older than me, so the wedding was in the mid-1970s.  It was funny to see her and her husband way back when — long before I ever knew them.  Of course, like most people, they wore formal wedding attire.  [...]

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Monday Happenings

Our usual Monday routine took place today.  Norm takes his walk in the morning while I check/update e-mail, Facebook and Twitter.  He does similar when he returns from his walk.  Sometimes we talk about the day’s agenda as well.  On this particular day we head to an appointment with our local chiropractor. After my neck [...]

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Wild Kingdom

While reading the paper this afternoon, online of course, I ran across an intriguing headline: “Mutual of Omaha, Oprah spar over ‘aha moment’.”  This of course I had to read.  Whenever I think of Mutual of Omaha I instantly remember Marlin Perkins and Wild Kingdom.  After I read the article I realized this was not [...]

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Dinning Conversation

We dine out a lot and thus we get to know a lot of restaurant staff.  We usually end up striking up a conversation with them.  We have talked about any and everything under the sun.  Lately it seems like we talk about what they’re studying in school and what they want to do upon [...]

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I’m All a Twitter

It’s been four years since I started blogging and now I’m finding Twitter is getting me more followers than blogging ever did.  I’m not going to give up blogging, but this Twitter thing is a whole world of its own.  Karl Rove and Mitt Romney are now following me on Twitter and I couldn’t be [...]

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