Fat in Indiana

Without hope, you've got nothing -- my wife

Monday. Insert a sigh, a harrumph, a pondering chin rub and frown. I stare at the blinking cursor a few moments. I take a swig from my nearl...

It was 73 outside yesterday. It is snowing as I type this.  It is 31 degrees. The wind chill temperature is 20F. What the heck Mother Natu...

I dig me some trivia. I have stuffed my head with arcane nonsense that only comes in useful when shouting along with Jeopardy, or playing tr...

I am a steadfast believer that things happen for a reason. I believe events work out as they are supposed to, as ordained by a higher power....

The big willow in back is breaking out in leaves. I have tulips about an inch above ground. Continual warm temperatures will do that. Boy, a...

Yeah, a nonsense title to an unremarkable post. Yeah, I am pretty sure I can make that prediction without fear. Oh, I could talk about the w...

The great weather continues. I am certainly not complaining about afternoon highs 30 degrees above normal. I am concerned this bout of sprin...

In the 1953 movie The Wild One  Mildred asks Johnny what he is rebelling against. He replied "Wadda you got?". That pretty much su...

I probably over-did my morning constitutional yesterday. Bored with walking the same old route through my subdivision I ventured across reda...

I watched my neighbor back into her garbage can Tuesday. The trash service had picked up earlier in the morning and I guess she forgot the c...

It is a sunny 64 degrees here on a February Friday afternoon. The patio door is open and fresh air is flushing the stale winter air from the...

I am a salesman. Semi-public speaking and giving presentations is an integral part of the job. I don't show up at a customer and read fr...

Last week Major League Baseball said they were going to experiment with a rule change at the lower levels of baseball that automatically put...

If someone can give you a thing, it is not a right. If it can be bought or sold it is not a right. A right is a natural ability to pursue a ...

You don't come here for a weather report. Too bad. That is the one bit of content I manage to consistently include. It is a lame, tired,...

It is the day of love. Tell your significant other you love them. Remember when you used to make card holders in school from old cereal bo...

If you use a Social Security Number that belongs to someone else to get a job, perhaps open a bank account, or even get a loan, that is clas...

I carry a cell phone. It is an iPhone and it has a camera built right in. Too often I forget I have it when I see a potential perfect pictur...

My view of the green comet was obscured by clouds. The ever-present light pollution did not help. I love living here in suburbia, but as I h...