On May 30th, 1899, an Arizona stagecoach rumbled on its way from Florence to Globe. It had been some years since this trip had been robbed, so no one was sitting, literally, shotgun. That was unfortunate for them. That day, Pearl Hart and her partner Joe Boot, lay in wait at a bend in the […]Read Post ›
Yesterday the Orioles Pitchers and Catchers reported. Today is the first work out and it is time to look forward to baseball. The Orioles have a new GM, a new Manager, and a new worst season record that is (thankfully) in the rearview mirror. I am not expecting much from this year, but I am […]Read Post ›
How old is Tiffany again?
The year never seems to actually include December. Every year the “Best of” or “Top of” the year comes out. And they never include the last month of the year. I realize this is a product of both print deadlines and major holidays that throw work out the window. But it has always rubbed me […]Read Post ›
The US gets a lot of Christmas traditions from Europe. The Poinsettia is not one of them.
Time is an illusion. Congress said so.
Why do you have Flag Day again?
Monty Python and the Paris Agreement
Happy 4th of July! Let’s talk about Oriole baseball. Baseball is as American as Jazz and eating competitions. This year is the anniversary of the Baltimore Orioles first World Series. This title was earned fifty years ago, so I don’t remember it. Actually, I’ve never been alive for any of the Orioles World series titles. […]Read Post ›
Why aren’t guns treated like cars? Cars have a drivers test, a registry, and if you become a treat to society at large, it gets taken away. So why don’t we have a gun license. I know the idea of a gun registry scares certain people, because of a fear that if they register their […]Read Post ›
