Who’s On Board!
During one of Trump’s press conferences he referred to Mar-a-Lago as and I quote, “The Southern White House.” If this is true, I would like to organize guided tours with audio rental, a roll of […]
Month: March 2017
Bad Advice Friday, 3-31-17
Today is once more Bad-Advice Friday. I shall be dispensing bad advice to all comers. The advice will stupendously bad. RO asks: Why do I need a trip to Hawaii? Dear RO: Your life is […]
Understanding Poetry, the Hard Way
There are two types of people–those who “get” poetry, and those who don’t. My immediate family and all of my close friends are proud to be included in the latter group. I’m a member of […]
The Term ‘CEO’ Now Has Entirely New Meanings.
The Real Meanings Of The Term ‘CEO’. At one time in our no-so-distant past the term ‘CEO’, meaning ‘Chief Executive Officer’, was invented to replace the perfectly good word ‘President’ as the title for […]
I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Thank-You Note
It’s happened to me twice lately. I send someone a gift, in one case a book of my poems because a woman asked me for it, in the second a copy of A.J. Liebling’s The […]
Colliding Committees
A friend of mine, employed by a huge corporation, was rear-ended by the steering committee and is now in the hospital with a fractured tailbone and a bruised employee rating. Apparently the committee fought over who controls the steering wheel and […]
Do you suffer from “morning peevishness?”
Some people call it getting up on the wrong side of the bed. My grandmother referred to it as feeling ugly (as in waking up in an ugly mood). My go-to word is pissy. But […]