We woke up yesterday morning to a bright red sun hanging in an orange sky. Everything was tinted sepia, like in those vintage photos. I thought for a sec that we’d dropped into Mad Max’s post-apocalyptic world. Of course, what … Continue reading
Category Archives: Motivation
Over a cup of coffee this morning, I read a short story by Joe Lansdale, one of my favorite authors and a master of East Texas Noir. In the course of the yarn, one of Lansdale’s characters, a good ol’ … Continue reading
I had intended to spend my New Year’s Eve with a fifth of Glenlivet scotch and a handful of Honduran ceegars. But as I’m always reminded, the best laid plans… New Year’s Eve 2017 was spent helping Deb ice her … Continue reading
A lotta dainty flowers are sobbing and whining and wringing their hands about the election this week of Donald Trump. “I’m scared!” The sumbitch is still two months from the White House and they’re terrified of what MIGHT happen. Maybe. … Continue reading
Have I told you before that a 90-year-old silent movie is one of my Top 10 favorite films of all time? Sure, I have. Metropolis is German director Fritz Lang’s 1927 dystopian sci-fi epic. It was the most expensive silent … Continue reading
More than 40 years ago, Robert Ringer wrote a couple’a books with titles that kept many mushcookies from opening them and sucking up their valuable advice. Those books were Winning Through Intimidation and Looking Out for #1. I still re-read … Continue reading
I was watching 1947’s Tarzan and the Huntress late last night and remembered that this week marks six years since Johnny Sheffield died. Johnny was one of the iconic “kid sidekicks.” He played “Boy” to Johnny Weissmuller’s Tarzan in the … Continue reading
I’m exhausted by the Election 2016 madness, aren’t you? TV is brimming with it. Social media is overstuffed with it. And what it comes down to is that nobody really likes these two bozos, but everybody thinks they have to … Continue reading
You know where I stand on electoral politics. I don’t like ’em. I don’t participate in ’em. But I have to share something I just got today from Jon McCulloch, a marketer in Ireland. Jon’s talking my talk here, and … Continue reading
After a lot of years, this still makes me laugh my ass off… My pal Zack’s four-year-old son Joel was getting ready for only his third day of preschool. The kid looked up from tying his shoes. “How long does … Continue reading