A grapevine it's not

This sign, posted in a restaurant, violates the American with disabilities act. Really?! What about the rights of Americans in general? If I’m at a restaurant paying for my dinner, paying to have a relaxing time, the last thing I want to hear is a screaming child near me. Some say parents with handicapped kids [...]

have to see my mother get Alzheimer’s and my father lose his mind over it. Never thought I’d see the day my mother didn’t want to—actually forgot how to—cook, and my dad would have to do it for himself. Never thought I’d have a brother who would leave his parents with his college debt and [...]

An interesting subject this afternoon on HLN. From experience I can tell you that 40 is way too old to be bearing children. No, not for the mother, but for the children. Think about it: how old will the child be when the mother is at her retirement age; or at 70, when things generally [...]

It’s been unbearably hot this summer, much hotter than I remember it being the last few years. Like the stupidity that hits folks on the highways and byways when it begins to rain, the heat seems to affect some in similar fashion on our lakes. Case in point: the two personal water crafts that smashed [...]

I have to realize that, no matter what I say, my father will do whatever he wants anyway—starting from the day he called me from Argentina to tell me he was moving back. So, in light of this unavoidable fact, I relinquish command. I’ve never wanted anything but the best for both of them. Nor [...]

Capturing 30% of the oil escaping from that fucking pipe is hardly making things better. Keep trying. A little harder please.

despite efforts to plug the pipe with mud, cement and debris. Folks, did you really believe stuffing crap into a well that’s spewing at pressure from the bottom of the ocean would work? When the drilling apparatus was on the Deepwater Horizon, were there not pressure control mechanisms? C’mon kids, try a little harder. Use [...]

Today marks a milestone, for me and the USA: the space shuttle Atlantis has landed for the last time. It’s missions forever done, it will be transported to the Smithsonian’s Air and Space museum to live out the rest of its days as an attraction. Seems sad, considering its life span span (24 years) and [...]

Um, perhaps not the brightest idea of the day. Have we already forgotten the reason those towers no longer stand? Those who lost loved ones, the American people in general, are not ready to forgive and forget this event. One day, perhaps; but the this memory is still way too fresh in everyone’s hearts and [...]

Over one month has passed and oil continues to spill into the Gulf of Mexico. How is this possible?! Who is taking responsibility for this? Who is going to support all the fishermen now out of work, the attractions losing tourism money? Where is the pressure to cap this flow once and for all?! This [...]