Monthly Archives: November 2010

It can be fun sometimes to read a newspaper a day late. Monday morning I read one of my Sunday papers, with a sports page headline: “Steelers will be measuring stick…Bills can see how much progress they’ve made after an … Continue reading →

My letters to the most read newspaper in the country never get printed, so I’m present the latest one here…this is in response to a review of the book “How I Killed Pluto and Why it Had it Coming” written … Continue reading →

Strange snow up here yesterday…little tiny balls of snow, not hail or sleet, but real snow, just in little spherical clumps. It was goin’ good guns for a while, then the Sun came out and it’s all melting away. Not … Continue reading →

Here’s an idea…turn Political Correctness on its head, which is to say, use it for all it’s worth…if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em, as they say. And this is regarding the “p-word”…profiling. There will be no profiling, not now, … Continue reading →

OK, the Dallas Cowboys started in 1960…the Minnesota Viking in 1961…yet both are commemorating “50″ this year. They can’t both be right, right? Actually, they can and are…2010 is the Cowboys’ 50th Anniversary…2010 is the Vikings’ 50th Season. Wait, aren’t … Continue reading →

Geez Louise, this is stupid. I cycle thru how many TV channels? 100? 200? A Million? And the best I can find is Scooby Doo, Where Are You. Well, I’m on the computer, it’s just for background noise but still…Wait, … Continue reading →

In an attempt to head off a Thanksgiving day argument…and I know there’s got to be at least one cousin or uncle or somebody in your family who is, as my Mom used to say, an “instigator”…let’s get right down … Continue reading →

With 6 games to go, I see where Seattle sits atop the AFC West with a 5-5 record, on track to become the 10th 8-8 team to make the playoffs. No team with a losing record ever has, except for … Continue reading →

I’m always interested in new trends in baby names. Like the -er names for boys. Tanner, Gunner, Ryder, Walker, Tucker, Shooter, Cooper, Hunter…a while back I even suggested the character Elvis played in one of his movies, Pacer. Recently born … Continue reading →

The Illinois-Northwestern game Saturday with the one-way field calls to mind an even weirder NFL game, ironically originally scheduled to be played at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Bears and the Portsmouth, Ohio Spartans finished the 1932 regular season tied for … Continue reading →