Rants, musings, and other general purpose blog entries reflecting the thoughts du jour.
There's certainly a temptation to take the easy way of being embarrassed to be an American citizen in these trying times. But that would cheapen the sacrifice of those who have served to preserve and protect our country and our Constitution and that's a line I can never and will never cross!
You may not always see a mother's protective instinct come out to play but only a fool would think that they're not going to see it when they're messing with her cubs as one unfortunate nurse at Womack Army Hospital found out!
In times that are challenging to spirit and soul, the one thing that always keeps me going is knowing the joy of true friends cherished whether near or far to share the journey! :)
Some days you think you're losing your mind...and then there's days like today where you're absolutely convinced of it based on the evidence! :)
Pope Francis leaves behind a legacy of caring for the poor and forgotten as well as the climate much like his namesake St Francis of Assisi. But I suspect it will be his humble and plain-spoken ways and deft pastoral touch that will be the defining legacy of his papacy.
The only clothes washer this house has ever known has finally decided that draining the water is for sucks and off to the scrap heap it goes in favour of a new and cheap LG!
So I guess the good news is that I don't have to deal with the awkwardness of telling somewhere where I was born which was Fort Bragg NC. But did the taxpayers really need to take it in the shorts to the tune of at least $50M to rename Fort Bragg to Fort Meh and back again?!?
Can we *FINALLY* put to rest the tired notion that the NFL is rigging games in favour of the Chiefs? *THAT* had to be the most incompetent job of rigging the game in their favour I'd ever seen! Fair dinkum and congratulations to the Eagles for executing their game plan to perfection!
Somehow I think my gentle jokes comparing winter life in more temperate southern climes might have provoked some karmic backlash from my northern cousins!
After a week of pouring my soul into some very harrowing posts, what's been said about 2024 is all that needs being said. I can only hope that we can hang together as a nation in 2025...
Some Christmas messages are really easy to write and just flow from the keyboard. Others haunt your dreams for days. Three guesses and the first two don't count as to how the composition of this year's message went... :)
Sometimes inspiration can come from seemingly mundane coincidences. The 9th anniversary of my father's passing and my 9th year on Earth will do nicely... :)
A most wonderful surprise that was four years in the making and I almost missed it. JoJo called me “tio”! Awwwww….
Who knew that a squirrel playing with the foxes in the front flower bed when it's bucketing down rain could be *SO* entertaining?
So whilst Keir Starmer may be as charismatic as a lukewarm block of unseasoned tofu… —- Jonathan Pie
I could go on and on about Father's Day but Alex seems to have stuck the landing with a perfect 10! :)
Sibling rivalry, eh? I've no idea what you're talking about... ;)
Rishi Sunak announcing a general election for 04 Jul in the pouring rain with blaring music trying to drown him out in the background seems par for the course for a PM likely to get rinsed in the polls!
Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes? --- Indiana Jones
Sometimes it takes walking quite a bit to come home and find what you've loved and cherished all along.
Why does General Motors make what should be the simplest of tasks under the bonnet an absolute living hell for people who actually wish to mend their vehicle?!?
Teachers are those who help find strengths, wipe away tears, overpower demons and conquer fears. --- Unknown
One child, one teacher, one book, and one pen can change the world. --- Malala Yousafzai
It's not about the income but rather the outcomes! --- Dr Marion Gillis-Olion (Fayetteville State University)
It appears that we have in indeed found a bug at least in Intuit's ProConnect Tax online software which not only makes me rather happy and relieved but I'm sure Janine Melnitz would be thrilled as well with the official news from our friends at the NC Department of Revenue that confirms that as suspected, there is no de-coupling between North Carolina and the Federal Internal Revenue Code when it comes to Schedules L/M-1/M-2 being…
