Mystery Revealed

  Several of my readers have asked about the progress I’ve made on my book.  Not as much as I had hoped. Others have asked about why I had decided to shift emphasis when being part of the “resistance” remains important.  My hope was to finish the book by today.  Why?  Because I wanted to … Read more

Random Thoughts 9/23/2017

  EXPLAINING THE CONSTITUTION TO ANN COULTER One of today’s great ironies is how often individuals who accuse others of violating the U.S. Constitution have little, if any, appreciation for what the the document actually says.  The latest example is none other than Ann Coulter who last week responded to Comrade Trump’s flip-flop on DACA … Read more

Random Thoughts 9/16/2017

  In the continuing search for a happy medium between the demands of other projects–business, writing a novel and cleaning up after hurricanes–I have decided to move to a weekly post of random thoughts. Today, I begin with two topics which were overshadowed by concern for the residents of SE Texas, the lower Atlantic coast … Read more

Great Non-White North

  The title of today’s post is an obvious play on the SCTV sketch originated by a very young Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas in which they played the Mackenzie brothers, the ultimate stereotypes of clueless, beer guzzling Canadians.  Moranis is said to have disliked playing his character although he and Thomas appeared in 41 … Read more

Everything I Needed to Know I Learned from Judge Judy

  You may have noticed this is the first post in a new category called, “Random Thoughts.”  I had originally considered calling it, “Just Me,” but appreciate the fact America can only handle one raging narcissist at a time.  The purpose of this new grouping is to share some personal observations about creativity, how I … Read more