Monthly Archives: October 2018
The Daily Dose/Sunday, October 14, 2018
The Daily Dose/October 14, 2018 By Gaylon Kent America’s Funniest Guy In The News The 2026 Winter Olympics are scheduled to be awarded next summer and boy, none of the candidate cities appear to be too excited about hosting them. … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day/Goethe
Only when we begin to trust ourselves do we begin to live. Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) was a German writer, scientist, lawyer and statesman. He was a prolific writer who enjoyed critical acclaim from his mid-20’s on. Goethe … Continue reading
The Diary of a Nobody/October 13
Read Free Week continues! Meet Sparrow, an average man passing an average life… Saturday, October 13 The Wife and I went to a pumpkin patch deal they had a local park this afternoon…I asked The Wife exactly what in the … Continue reading
The Daily Dose/Saturday, October 13, 2018
The Daily Dose/October 13, 2018 By Gaylon Kent America’s Funniest Guy In The News The Russian Soyuz spacecraft that was taking a Russian cosmonaut and an American astronaut to the relieve the crew at the International Space Station (ISS) aborted … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day/Saul Bellow
He had real intelligence…a working, persistent mind… Saul Bellow Ravelstein Saul Bellow (1915-2005) was a Canadian/American writer, born in Quebec to Russian emigres, and the family moved to Chicago when Saul was nine. In 1976 he won both the Nobel … Continue reading
The Diary of a Nobody/October 12
Read Free Week continues! Meet Sparrow, an average man passing an average life… Friday, October 12 The new half-glasses, the ones I bought at the thrift store in the next county on Wednesday, made their debut at the retailer today…This … Continue reading
The Daily Dose/Friday, October 12, 2018
The Daily Dose/October 12, 2018 By Gaylon Kent America’s Funniest Guy In The News Many years ago we plied the reporter’s trade at a small newspaper in the southern California desert and we follow news of missing journalists closer than … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day/Rick Wallenda
Life is being on the wire. Everything else is just waiting. Rick Wallenda One of the things about writing a column like this – or writing anything, really – is you must have practical experience in what you are writing … Continue reading
The Diary of a Nobody/October 11
Read Free Week continues! Meet Sparrow, an average man passing an average life… Thursday, October 11 While The Wife and I haven’t kept complete track over the years, we’re both pretty sure we set a record for Most Hash Browns … Continue reading
The Daily Dose/October 11, 2018
The Daily Dose/October 11, 2018 By Gaylon Kent America’s Funniest Guy In The News Yet another headline caught our eye: North Korean Leader Invites Pope For Visit Now, we know dictators need their share of attention, that’s one of the … Continue reading