Chestnuts Roasting…
Chestnuts Roasting… Most Americans are familiar with the chestnut from only two sources. One of them is the line, “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire,” from the song of the same name, which was made…
May 2020
The Jarhead and the Cowboy
The Jarhead and the Cowboy It has occurred to me that there are similarities between the typical Marine and the cowboys of the old west. The stoicism in the face of adversity; the ability to…
One of Those Days – 5/4/2020
One of Those Days – 5/4/2020 Many of you know that May the 5th is Cinco de Mayo. How many of you know what the day before that is? OK, OK, yes, it’s May the 4th,…
The Ugly Truth
The Ugly Truth M was born in the Echo Park section of Los Angeles on May 16, 1944. I’m sure his parents thought their little baby was cute but, after that, his hard life took…
Noah Missed the Boat!
Noah Missed the Boat! Most everyone knows the biblical story of Noah, how he built a huge boat and took two of every kind of animal aboard it to replenish the earth after God destroyed…