I am on perpetual hold that I have to be on. I get the “your call is important to us” and “we have busy times”. All of this is BS of course. The truth of the matter is that most entities populate...
Category - Rant
Caveat: This may be a little parochial for those readers (if there are any) not from Portland Oregon but I am sure while the specifics may be different they can apply to any municipality and their associated governments. If...
Some time ago, I wrote a blog post regarding the minimum wage. See Minimum Wage. One of the things I hit upon was that the much touted $15/hour was more smoke and mirrors than anything else. It was more a publicity seeker...
Donald Trump has stated that the polls are false and that he is more popular than what is stated. Well, I cannot PROVE that one way or another. All I can speak for with complete accuracy is myself, so Mr. Trump, I say the...
Young people everywhere are constantly champing at the bit to get in a vehicle and ride the open roads. They generally cannot understand why they have to wait until they are old enough and why they have to learn all those pesky...
Until recently I did not know what they called the artificial gravelly voice that people have been using. I did a little research and I found out it is called “vocal fry”. The most famous practitioners are Kim...
Now before we go too far, this is not a diatribe against Texans. Like all people everywhere, I find them to be, in the main friendly, with the rare exceptional jackass and idiot. Nothing different for people everywhere. It...
I enjoy watching cooking shows a lot. I do not use the recipes very often. Never did and now after bariatric surgery, even less. In fact, I rarely spend much time cooking anything – fast and convenient seems to be my...
My Great-great-grandfather fought for the Confederacy. I do not know for certain if he owned slaves. I know for sure that his father did. I have had people post statements that maybe I and people like me should apologize for...
I know that I have a lot of pet peeves but at the top of my list are hollow apologies and rude behavior. FYI – Do not apologize if you do not mean it. It just pisses me off. I would rather you say nothing and show your...