Common Sense

Holiday Goodies! In Late fall of 1950,Mother Nature gave us an indication of things to come. An early Pre-Thanksgiving blizzard set the stage for the rest of the winter! For a while it was uncertain as if Thanksgiving would come off at all, but at the eleventh hour the weather cleared and dinner went off without a hitch! Christmas was spent in the usual fashion with much time spent with family.Being six, I had received a good supply of loot from Santa including a basketball and a... Read Full Story

A Boss Who Tells it Like it Is ... To All My Valued Employees, There have been some rumblings around the office about the future of this company, and more specifically, your job. As you know, the economy has changed for the worse and presents many challenges. However, the good news is this: The economy doesn't pose a threat to your job. What does threaten your job however, is the changing political landscape in this country. However, let me tell you some little tidbits of fact which might... Read Full Story

Novelty t-shirts, hats,cards etc. There seems to be another movement arising concerning the separation of church and state. We have a high level government official visiting Sarasota in the next few weeks to enlighten us. I remember this movement surfacing 8 years ago. We had just moved to Sarasota and it was about a week after the 2000 elections. My wife and I decided to go, thinking it would be a good way to meet people in our neighborhood and get politically involved in a... Read Full Story

Momentos From TheHomeland For those of that are old enough to remember, there was nothing quite like a trip to the drive-in to see a favorite movie! The drive-in theaters have pretty much disappeared from the American Landscape, but in their day they were quite the rage! In the northern part of the country it was mainly a warm weather activity, however some drive-ins had window heaters installed so if one could keep the frost off the windshield, movies could be enjoyed in even the coldest of... Read Full Story

Safety is every one's concern, especially while traveling to and fro . With all the nut cases on the road today one needs to arm himself with every possible tool to ensure a safe arrival to the desired destination. Having been involved in the transportation industry all my life,and driven close to 4 million accident free miles, I would like to pass on some of the training I received that enabled me to accomplish this feat. Early in my career I was introduced to the Smith System of... Read Full Story

Good Information taken from Rush Limbaugh show! RUSH: You know, that's an excellent point.  What's going on here, folks, is this is a larger debate over the future of the country.  It's not just a debate about the Republican Party.  There is a larger debate going on, and that is over the future of the country, and we are smack-dab in the middle of it; and sometimes people living in the middle of important and great events are so busy living in them that they don't understand how important... Read Full Story

To anyone visiting Fredericksburg, Virginia on the "don't miss" list is lunch at the Rising Sun Tavern. Originally built in 1760 by Charles Washington , George's brother, this residence was turned into a tavern about 1790. My journey had started in Charleston South Carolina the day before and after staying the night in Richmond, I got a rather late start for Fredericksburg.  Having driven all morning I decided to have lunch before seeing the sights  the town had to offer. As I entered , a... Read Full Story

Lift off to the rest of our life! I grew up on a farm in a very conservative rural southeastern Indiana environment. My parents and most of my family were, and still are conservative,and those values no doubt rubbed off on me. But as I looked back and began to question things,I realized that those teachings were not only the way I was raised, but those values are the only techniques that "work." About the time I was forty , having experienced a good portion of "life" , and not having... Read Full Story

Sometimes we don't know how things are going to turn out and at first something  thought negative  turns into a great experience. Our Shrine temple has  a Thursday luncheon every week and about 250 Shriners meet for lunch to enjoy camaraderie, good food and fellowship. Because of other commitments I'm not always able to participate. This past week,  I was able to attend. The nobles normally start arriving at about 10:30 and since I didn't make it until nearly 11:30, most of the seats... Read Full Story

T-Shirts, Bumper Stickers, hats,etc! I think we should all do this, at least 50% of the people would learn a good lesson. Yesterday on my way to lunch I passed a homeless guy with a sign that read " Vote Obama, I need the money." I laughed.Once in the restaurant my server had on a "Obama 08" tie, again I laughed as he had given away his political preference -- just imagine the coincidence. When the bill came I decided not to tip the server and explained to him that I was exploring the Obama... Read Full Story