Category: Opinions

My Dad celebrated his 60-something birthday this past weekend, and I have always been grateful for such a colorful father. I can think of no other person who has had…

Ashton Kutcher? Really? I mean, they could have put Carrot-Top in there, and it probably wouldn't have been so f*cking cheesy. A line of actors and actresses, acting horribly(especially at…

Living in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, you get little tastes of the "big city" without really living in such an environment. We have everything that a huge place like Chicago does…

Anyone looking in their wallets or purses right now is in for a big surprise. That's the World Economic Crisis. But how did it happen, and who can we blame?…

Here's a problem that seems to follow me around much like the black storm cloud that follows Charlie Brown, or the way Bat Mite would constantly be tagging along and…

A few years ago I struck out on my own. I left my parents house and had to find an apartment that I could afford in a decent location. I…

My Father used to teach at a high school here in Iowa. Anyway - One year he thought it would be nice to bring a little white mouse home for…

Here’s a revolutionary idea: you could also ask your kid to read a book every once in awhile. Remember those? They used to be “all the rage” before a fellow…

Back in my younger days I attended a Bible camp. This was related to a non-denominational church and seemed fairly sane after the frightening Southern Baptists that I was abducted…

Back when I painted billboards and worked at the newspaper, I lived with a woman who was ten years older than I in a four-plex. The ventilation system was such…