Mulch Season Is Coming
2018-02-26 – Mulch season is coming. It’s still February, but the weather forecast predicts a couple days in the fifties. I had my bike tuned up last week and it’s […]
Monthly Archives: February 2018
Emehrgency! Everybody to Get from Street!
2018-02-22 – “Emehrgency! Everybody to get from street!” That’s what the accidental Russian invaders said in the 1966 movie “The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming.” In that movie […]
Ice Cream Is a Zero Sum Game
2018-02-19 – Four adult human beings live in my house full time. And human beings can’t live too long without ice cream. So when we bring ice cream into the […]
Why Is Trump Concerned Only About Shooting Deaths in Chicago?
2018-02-15 – “Chicago is a shooting disaster.” It’s a favorite line recited over and over by President Donald Trump. I’m glad he is concerned, but we’ve yet to see any […]
Why Don’t Humans Have Floppy Ears? Are We Not Tame?
2018-02-12 – My dog Lefty is a herding dog. He’s not aggressive unless you are a sheep (or a Canada goose, for some reason). Lefty is an Australian Shepherd. And, […]
I Want to Shoot My 2000 Camry Out into Space
2018-02-08 – The difference between me and Elon Musk is that I donate my clunker cars to NPR and he shoots his out into interplanetary space. I have to admit […]
Sort of Playing the Guitar for 50 Years
2018-02-05 – For the past year and a half, I have been in a group guitar class at the Old Town School of Folk Music. It’s called Fingerstyle Repertoire. I […]
I’m Not the Only One Who’s Working in the 2018 Election
2018-02-01 – I’m writing postcards to get out the vote. The 2018 Illinois primary is only a little over a month and a half away (March 20) and this will […]
