Archive for October 2019
Thank you Mr. Beans
My son and his family just got another kitty. You know the world is divided into two groups. Cat people and dog people. Generally speaking, I’m in the dog camp…not to be confused with the dog house. But, their new cat, Mr. Beans, doesn’t know he’s a cat. He thinks he’s a dog. He fetches,…
Read MoreWayne’s World
I love a good comedy. Wayne’s World is one of them. It’s so silly and crazy, it’s funny. One classic scene from the movie is well known and remembered by quite a few of us, aficionados. In a Milwaukee concert hall, Wayne and Garth, the characters from “Wayne’s World,” arrive at the Alice Cooper concert.…
Read MoreThe things that REALLY matter.
William “Bud” Post won $16.2 million in the Pennsylvania lottery in 1988, but he was $1 million in debt within a year. He said, “I wish it never happened,” “It was totally a nightmare.” A former girlfriend sued him for a third of his winnings, and his brother was arrested for hiring a hitman to kill him hoping he’d…
Read MoreFresh look at “love.”
It’s likely you’re familiar with this passage: “Love is patient, love is kind, it is not envious. Love does not brag, it is not puffed up. It is not rude, it is not self-serving, it is not easily angered or resentful. It is not glad about injustice but rejoices in the truth. It bears all…
Read MoreFriday night
I was the president of my fraternity in college. Many of us lived in the fraternity house and Friday night we would have a regular poker game. It happened almost every Friday night. Before you get the wrong idea, it was penny poker with a primary goal of just hanging out with friends. I enjoyed…
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