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REMEMBERING THE FORGOTTEN

My Father taught me that not only was Memorial Day to honor those who gave their life in service to this Nation, but also to take a moment to remember those who have gone before who were dear to us....

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Please Keep A Good Thought In Your Heart

or say a prayer, if that’s what you do. Mary C. – Dave-the-mechanic’s mother passed away Father’s Day, after a short illness.  She was 88, having had her birthday that Saturday.  Her memorial is today....

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Louis Awerbuck RIP

Another fine shooting teacher and gentleman gone. LOUIS AWERBUCK Beginning in South Africa, and emigrating to the United States, he was a range officer @ Jeff Cooper’s Gunsite, before striking out on...

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Truth, Justice And The American Way

A few years back Superman (2011 in DC Comics) announced he was renouncing his U.S. citizenship!  Now, I’ve not been a comic book reader/consumer since I was 10-11 years old, but I was always a big...

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Maura RIP

My friend North advises us that his good friend – and a friend to us all – MAURA – passed away this morning. I only knew her from the Internet, but was introduced to her via North.  She authored a blog...

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James Garner RIP

This just in… James Garner, a TV and film legend whose career spanned over 60 years, just passed away @ age 86. Of course, in my circles he’s most remembered as Jim Rockford, the reluctant private-eye...

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The Death Of Small Town TV With A Big Heart

Bill Thompson RIP When my family moved to The Valley of The Sun (on the hottest day of the year in 1956),  I was 3 1/2 years old.  We had just missed Elvis’ June 9 concert at the Rodeo Grounds –...

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What A CRUMMY Week!

…and it’s only TUESDAY! Personal stuff aside (higher humidity making havoc of my arthritis, for example) there’s Robin Williams gone. And tonight, the news about Lauren Bacall… She was the one woman...

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Phil Brings It!

(as purloined from Random Nuclear Strikes…) While writing about the NYT tale of how “Assault Weapon” is a term made to scare white folks, Surber refuses to hold the tough questions back. Instead of...

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How Exactly DOES A Libertarian Deal With Quarantine?

Or libertarian (small L)? From Say Uncle: My wookiee suit is strong but . . . How do libertarians deal with quarantine? Personally, I accept that I am a rational actor and I’d go all quarantine because...

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Ode To Dumb Blondes Everywhere

It was reported yesterday that Donna Douglas, most famous for her portrayal of Elly Mae Clampett on The Beverly Hillbillies, had passed away January 1, at 81.  Or 82. Except for the ubiquitous TV show,...

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A Humble Remembrance

A loyal and (sometimes) vocal follower of this tiny blog pointed me in a direction I’d somehow overlooked, in local history: 35 years later, we should remember fallen firefighter Ed Gaiki Ed Gaiki. I’d...

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Life Is Loss

From the time we are very small, we believe Life is about acquiring things.  Food, warmth, love…stuff.  It’s when we are a little older we realize that Life, too, is about loss. The Yin to the Yang....

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Life Is Loss, Part Two – A Lesson Learned

I posted a few days ago regarding losses – specifically the loss of my daughter, and a good friend’s loss of most of his lower left leg and foot. Hardly an upbeat read. However, Life is not just loss....

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Death Of The Cinema

I remember as a child, the whole fam damly (as it was sometimes described) being shuffled into the station wagon, and off to the movies!  Usually, a drive in theater.  They were ubiquitous, and readily...

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Another Day In History

(I always imagine similar post titles being announced by Merrill Heatter or John Cameron Swayzee.  Youngsters, ask your parents or grandparents.) Many of you know I try to begin my daily routine with...

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Cop Movies As Real Life

or Death. Remember the ‘cop-killer’ bullets that could penetrate a skip loader, but not a double-layer of ballistic vests in Lethal Weapon (Some-number)? People believe this S***! Fast forward to this:...

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ANOTHER ‘Hate Crime’ Law…

I’ve written before in these pages with regard to so-called ‘hate crimes’.  I feel essentially, that the motivation behind a grisly torture and murder are really unimportant. Torture is torture, and...

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Memories

Murphy’s Law advises us… The City of Ferguson, MO, so recently destroyed by local savages and outside leftist agitators, is putting up a permanent memorial to homegrown thug Michael Brown, famous for...

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Cuba Removed From The List of Regimes Who Are Known To Sponsor Terrorism

CUBA.  That bastion of Freedom in the Western Hemisphere, has been removed from the ‘official’ list of those nations known to sponsor terrorism. And travel restrictions have been lessened. I wonder...

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