He always knew this day was coming, but he tried so very hard to fool himself into denying the inevitable. Once he’d been cut at the end of last season, he told himself it was just a temporary setback and he’d have a new gig with a new team in no time at all. It’d [...]
Entries from July 2009
July 20, 2009
Sometimes, We Need “Eye for an Eye.”
I’ve put this post off simply because it’s so affected me in a gut wrenching, visceral way. I know that a lot of people are against capital punishment. To be truthful, I lean away from state sanctioned killings myself in cases where a convicted criminal’s life hinges on forensic evidence. It’s too great a risk [...]
July 18, 2009
I’ve Launched A Second Blog!
Okay, one of my hobbies is worrying about stupid stuff. I have a knot in my gut every time I see one of those shows about “How the World Will End” on the History Channel. I just know the government is hiding the aliens from us (well, not really . . . although SOME of [...]
July 13, 2009
Perusing Past Posts: A meme
Okay, Mr. Johnson up Minnesota way has tagged me for a meme about former favorite posts. We have to choose one post from each of four categories, so, with no more ado or adieu . . . my favorites from my short blogging career.
1) Rants: This one is pretty easy. It’s my post titled Houston, [...]
July 7, 2009
Happy Birthday, Papa, and RIP
Today would have been my Papa Wham’s 90th birthday. Unfortunately, the Wham men have two tendencies: one, we marry beautiful women and two, we die of heart attacks between 71 and 77 years of age. Papa made it to 76 and might have broken the mold, but Granny Wham had a stroke two days before [...]
July 4, 2009
Happy Birthday, USA
Two hundred thirty three years ago tonight, it was hot and sticky in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Clouds of biting mosquitos would undoubtedly infect some of those gathered with Yellow Fever for which colonial Philly was famous. Crowds cheered and the Liberty Bell rang as America’s birth certificate was read to the masses. The greatest experiment in [...]
