If someone offers me a choice of a tall Tom Collins glass of Wild Turkey neat or an equivalent proportion of a martini but states I have to drink the gin and vermouth from separate glasses, I’ll go with the Turkey every time bacause as much as I like gin, the don’t want [...]
Archive for January, 2008
John Edwards: 2008’s Nader With a Drawl
Posted in politics, writing on January 10, 2008 | No Comments »
Book Contract!
Posted in thoughts, writing on January 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Last November I was contacted by Arcadia Publishing and asked to write a book about Springfield aviation history. I’m sharing the news, because it’s a real kick in my life-outlook to be asked to write a book, I hope the regular postings about the ongoing experiene will be of interest to other writers, and because [...]
YOU be an election judge? When pigs have wings, maybe?
Posted in politics, thoughts, writing on January 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Today I called the Election Office of the Sangamon County Clerk to reserve a spot in their election judge’s refresher classes. These courses are offered a few weeks before every election in our city. I was surprised when the woman on the phone told me they have a hard time recruiting judges, so I wanted [...]
After a terrific meal at Bernie & Betty’s
Posted in thoughts, writing on January 5, 2008 | No Comments »
I want to tell you something that’s a natural fact:
Their pizza does a number on the g.i. tract!
Live well . . . . and double-cheezed.
The Shame and Sham of Springfield TV News
Posted in thoughts, writing on January 4, 2008 | No Comments »
Whyeeeee. . . . back in the good ol’ days, you young whippersnappers, when Doug Kimball anchored the Channel 20 News, and up until Plains Broadcasting was sold to Mork Hymen and his one-worlder buddies, when I tuned in to the news to learn what happened in Springfield, that is exactly what I learned. The [...]
Good bye, Joe or BiDEN Bye, DONE
Posted in politics, thoughts, writing on January 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Janeen Burkholder wrote me recently, part of a group mail (I was proud to be on her list) exhorting people she regards well to get behind her candidate Barack Obama during the final week of the Iowa campaign. I responded that I liked “her man” but I had been for Joe Biden starting long before [...]
As to Crispy Naturalistic
Posted in thoughts, writing on January 3, 2008 | No Comments »
I would no more say “as to” when writing seriously — beyond this posting — than I would say “m’-f’ s’ o’ a b’” or “s’ c’”. Encountering those words, and “crispy” and “naturalistic” in print drives me right up the wall! “As to” is being used more frequently these years and is spreading from [...]
Norse Saga: A Day in the Leif
Posted in thoughts, writing on January 2, 2008 | No Comments »
I’m dodging the outside world today, even though the outside world is not dodging me.
For the first time this year, I encountered a frozen cold water pipe and frozen drain in the kitchen. If this frequency continues for the rest of the year (50 percent) I will be in deep kimchee, but I fon’t expect [...]
First Night Springfield Volunteer: the Moaning After
Posted in thoughts, writing on January 1, 2008 | No Comments »
Let me save you some worry. There was/is no “moaning after.” The door was open to a decent pun, I went in, grabbed it and posted it. In the words of the classic Japanese 15th century poet: Sosumi <– another pun; no connection to faqt.
Actually, the 1st of the year began much as it did [...]
