Somehow the thing that struck me most in Bill O’Reilly’s book “Killing Jesus” is his account of Christ’s executioners on the morning of the day of the crucifixion, Good Friday as we now call it. He depicts these powerful Romans,… Continue Reading
I typically spend the hour from 5 a.m. to 6 a.m. every morning eating toast with peanut butter, sipping coffee and flipping through a few channels on TV. I usually pop back and forth between the local morning news on… Continue Reading
The trouble with a kitten is that it eventually becomes a cat. – Ogden Nash That, right there is why I am a dog person. No offense to cat lovers, which include my son, but you must admit there is… Continue Reading
In addition to flossing, getting to the gym, watching my salt intake, and paying attention to my wife, I now have one more thing to worry about. Mercury is in Retrograde. Again. If this means nothing to you, don’t feel… Continue Reading
Speakers attempting to make us laugh tomorrow night at the Greater Pittston Friendly Sons of St. Patrick Banquet have their work cut out for them if they hope to top previous banquets. One of the best at having banquet-goers rolling… Continue Reading
I am too young to remember H.L. Mencken. He died in 1956, around the time I was in kindergarten. But I quote him all the time. I’m not sure how I became aware of Mencken, the writer and satirist for… Continue Reading
My wife insists on buying me a snowblower. “Please don’t,” I tell her. In fall, it’s a leaf blower. Or one of those vacuum devices that will mulch them. I implore her not to. Her heart’s in the right place.… Continue Reading
As we do every year, my wife and I went to the Philadelphia Flower Show on Monday. Mary Kay says this jumpstarts her spring fever. My jumpstart comes much earlier. It’s the first time I see a TV commercial for… Continue Reading
I didn’t hear the radio show, but a friend told me there was quite a discussion yesterday after a survey listed Bloomsburg as the most boring town in Pennsylvania? Bloomsburg? No way. When I think of Bloomsburg, the last thing… Continue Reading