Well, Daylight Savings Time begins again from now until Nov. 1. And of course, the $64,000 question is why do we keep doing this? Can’t we keep time permanent? We created it. It’s not like it’s moving mountains. The first week or so during this period is the worst time for people. Our bodies are off their system. Statistically, thereContinue reading “Daylight Savings Time Begins”
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Are Trump’s Days Really, Finally Unequivocally Close To An End?
Recently, the President spoke at a factory mill in Rome, Ga. The news is trying to say that “thousands” of people turned out. If they are included people protesting, maybe so. But pictures don’t lie. There were only 300 max there and that’s being very liberal. It probably 250 give or take. Some people are arguing that since it was held at around 4 p.m. EST on aContinue reading “Are Trump’s Days Really, Finally Unequivocally Close To An End?”
One Time I Nearly Met Jesse Jackson
When I was in college, I nearly met Rev. Jesse Jackson. It was around 2000 when I was enrolled at Georgia Southern University and Jackson was scheduled to speak one afternoon. I think there had been some mix up in the location as several people felt it was supposed to be in the main ballroomContinue reading “One Time I Nearly Met Jesse Jackson”
Welcome To 5150 Get-Off-My-Lawn!
This is some property east of where I live about five miles give or take. I’ve past by this property numerous times over the years and and it was just another country home. Yet the last few months, all this has sprung up. There’s razor barb wire along the fence where there’s black walls and warning signs. Even worse, if you look closer at the houseContinue reading “Welcome To 5150 Get-Off-My-Lawn!”
Remember The Columbia Crew
I was living with my ex in a house that is no longer there on the morning of Feb. 1, 2003. Beverly woke me up that morning telling me the space shuttle had exploded. I didn’t know what she really meant. I had briefly heard about the Columbia mission a week or so earlier. What was so creepy was that itContinue reading “Remember The Columbia Crew”
Never Forget The Challenger Crew
For the most part, I don’t remember seeing the Challenger explosion on TV at school, even though several of my friends say we saw it. Maybe they did and I was sick that day. I was almost certain it was a snow day so the school had canceled classes that day. I was in the first grade and only 7 so I probably don’t remember too well. On thisContinue reading “Never Forget The Challenger Crew”
Remembering The Legacy Of Dr. King Seems More Important Each Year
I remember back in high school, my government teacher, Georgia Hardwick, said that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. knew he was living on borrowed time the minute he started pushing back. Or shall I say that he didn’t push back. The authorities were wanting a reason to use force but by non-violent resistant, they willContinue reading “Remembering The Legacy Of Dr. King Seems More Important Each Year”
A Day Of Reckoning Is Coming
I’ll begin this post with a history lesson. Edward Joseph O’Hare was known as “Easy Eddie.” He was also a lawyer who worked for mobster Al Capone through his rise in the 1920s. However, by the early 1930s, O’Hare had a change of heart. His only son, Edward Henry “Butch” O’Hare was growing up and about to enterContinue reading “A Day Of Reckoning Is Coming”
Recent Homophobia Over ‘Stranger Things’ Shows How Little We’ve Come
People are very stupid. As Stranger Things sets to air its series finale episode in less than 24 hours, the seventh episode of the fifth season has been review-bombed. And it’s all because of a scene where Will Byers (Noah Schnapp) finally comes out to his mother and his friends that he’s gay. Of course, it’s a difficult thing for him to say as his friends seem toContinue reading “Recent Homophobia Over ‘Stranger Things’ Shows How Little We’ve Come”
A Day That Will Live In Infamy
On this day, let’s remember the 2,403 Americans who lost their lives during the Pearl Harbor attacks by the Japanese military forces on Dec. 6, 1941. Incidentally, both today and that “Day that will live in infamy” are both on Sundays. Believe it or not, the first wave of the attack was the sinking of a Japanese midget boatContinue reading “A Day That Will Live In Infamy”