Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And ne'er brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot And auld lang syne? For auld lang syne, my dear, For auld lang syne, We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet For auld lang syne. It's a tradition, this song we sing...
Now, bring us some figgy pudding, Now, bring us some figgy pudding, Now, bring us some figgy pudding, and bring it out here! Well, it's Christmas morning. As always I had Benjamin Britten's Ceremony of Carols cued up so as soon as...
One thing the internet is good for is finding songs and video clips. When it comes to Christmas tunes including and especially stuff from way, way back the internet is awesome. I've spent the bulk of my Christmases in...
Following my previous article to warn y'all about the dangers of a scam that I had never heard of, and fell for, I feel compelled to provide you with an update. As I said previously, this burns my ass...
This really sticks in my craws, mainly because as some of you may know, I spent nine years chasing down and defeating online fraudmeisters for Zappos.com. That being said, even I have to admit, These f*ckers are good. Day before...
Talk with your mouth full. Bite the hand that feeds you. Bite off more than you can chew. You can dare to be stupid!   Weird Al Yankovic   Dare to be stupid Another day, and the end of yet another sad,...
I'm sorry I've been more or less MIA these last couple of days, especially with so much exciting sh*t going on, but I have a note from my doctor. I've been having a little tussle with skin cancer on...
It's our nation's birthday.  It no longer feels like it used to and certainly not the way it did back in my first 26 years living in my small southern Illinois hometown.  The several days of festivities in Riverside...
D-Day, June 6 will be marked next week.  It is every year and it should be.  That terrible "Longest Day" in 1944 was the final turning of the tide that defeated Hitler's war machine.  I'm in my mid-sixties so...
The demented dentist of Flagstaff Arizona is promising a Congressional Investigation into the real masterminds of the Jan. 6th, 2020 insurrection - Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley, whose tenure in that office chiefly consisted of preventing Donald Trump...

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