Fast approaching 12-12-12 a date with infamy or not remains to be seen. Some have prophesied the end of the world as we know it while others have predicted an apoplectic event so catastrophic that mankind will be thrust into an era of unimaginable horror. The ancient Mayan's...
For Tom Swartz the first of May started out like any other spring day. The long cold nites of winter are just distant memories now. But, for Tom who was on his way to the US consulate in Paris to meet with old acquaintances little did he realize that a world away his older...
What started out as a tropical wave in the Southern Caribbean turned into one of the most devastating storms to ever hit the United States. Leaving in it's wake is so much woe, misery, death and destruction. For millions still reeling from last years Irene now to suffer...
They say when it rains it pours. Well as luck would have it owing a car comes with a complete assortment of all kinds of troubles. When you drive there is always the chance your turn signal light may go out just as a passing police cruiser signals you to pull over. If you are...
On a recent visit to one of Tampa Bay's public schools just to see first hand what it is like to revisit a time that shaped the person I was to become only to find out a totally different and foreign world really perplexes me. First impressions they say are worth a thousand...
It was the summer of '68. A hot and humid one as I recall. I guess the heat got to allot of people back then from the way the protesters acted during the Democratic Convention in Chicago that year. For me I was taking summer courses at the University and training for the up...
What has turned out to be a nip and tuck election season with more nips, tucks and evasive posturing by practically every political candidate seeking office leaves one with more questions than answers about the quality of leadership they would bring. After all isn't the...
Tim, the tool man here. Ah yes, the joys of home ownership! Lately though, it hasn't been quite the joy in owning this home. There is the lawn to mow, the garden to water, the windows to wash, the gutters to clean, and now the bathrooms to remodel. The most daunting task with...
In the annals of sports where in each particular one whether it is Basketball, Baseball or others there are those who are revered by their peers and sportswriters from across generations who bestow upon one individual as the greatest there was. In professional football it is...
Water! Literally the blood of life itself. The most precious of all things. Through-out history wars have been fought over the right to claim water rights. Like a nations finances, governments ability to control the availability of water is the only other source in...
" How fortunate for leaders that men do not think." Adolf Hitler. Quite profound that Hitler would come up with that. But today, I can't help wonder if this is what actually happening especially with the Presidential election just weeks away. The first of three debates...
In the last half of the 20th century it was President Kennedy who took up the gauntlet of outlining a national directive focusing on science and technology. The course that the United States chartered then propelled America into the space age. No longer was man confined to...
Remember Pat Boone and those white buckskin shoes. The good old days of early rock and roll. Back then the giants of the pop music world was Elvis and Pat Boone. Then there was Ricky Nelson. But if my recollection still is sound it was Elvis who captivated audiences with his...
In no other time in the history of the United States has their ever been such a furor to cut and dismantle the defense industry. The proposals that are being considered that would leave this nation in serious jeopardy border on the too extreme. Granted there are inlays...
The sea of change is upon us. The gentle summer winds have now disappeared. Shorter days, darker nights where autumn winds howl through leafless trees brings a foreboding premonition of turbulent times ahead. It is never more apparent than with our youth today. Turbulent...
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