Talking head, after talking head teases listeners by hinting at a colossal story, then saying, ‘You don’t want to miss this!? Often the story is a dud, but I stay tuned. I hope my lead-in headline doesn’t disappoint. But first, before the professional basketball teams take a break, I’d like to tell you what impression […]
I’m a occasional quoter of Gumperson’s Law, which is probably interchangeable with Murphy’s Law, McGurk’s Law and your own law. All somewhat resemble the ‘Law? of the armed services, depending which you want to attribute it to, ‘If something can go wrong, it will.? Readers can appreciate these ‘laws? if they have ever wondered why […]
I’m a occasional quoter of Gumperson’s Law, which is probably interchangeable with Murphy’s Law, McGurk’s Law and your own law. All somewhat resemble the ‘law? of the armed services, depending which you want to attribute it to, ‘If something can go wrong, it will.? Readers can appreciate these ‘laws? if they have ever wondered why […]
Gone a week, but to me, the greatest thing that happened was the sun finally came out, the weather warmed and I could plant my geraniums and marigolds. One day during that week I went trout fishing in the UP with my equally unlucky son, Jim. Let me define my trout fishing: I sit on […]
Gone a week, but to me, the greatest thing that happened was the sun finally came out, the weather warmed and I could plant my geraniums and marigolds. One day during that week I went trout fishing in the UP with my equally unlucky son, Jim. Let me define my trout fishing: I sit on […]
Jim’s Jottings will return next week!
A bugler’s taps at a military funeral so final Our friend Jim Dafoe chose Great Lakes National Cemetery, in Holly, for his final resting place. Michigan has two National cemeteries, Holly and Battle Creek. In November 2002, the National Cemetery Association Department of Veterans Affairs, paid $6.2 million for the 544 acres, now run by […]
? It really spoils the image when I hear this country’s leaders publicly use the worst curse words. An uncle once told me, ‘People swear when they aren’t smart enough to think of clean words.? That includes me, but it shouldn’t allow our Vice President Biden and senior Senator Carl Levin to be so blatant. […]
I took quite a few years, but between my widening girth, my non-lithe body and my 6 ft. 4 in. frame I can no longer cut my toenails. A big toe has an in-grown nail, the one next to it is long enough to curl under and my little toe nail snags the sheets. Something […]
This week, weather permitting, many of us can take up where we left off last October: trying to remove our frustrations by hitting a little ball as hard as we can. Time to return to the links. Time to remember there might be ladies within earshot, or the clergy, and to civilize our tongues. Time […]