Month: February 2019

I was standing third in line at Walmart recently, holding a toaster that I was returning.  The toaster was recently purchased and proved to be defective.  I’d had it long enough that the box and sales receipt were long gone.  But that’s not really the point, is it?  The man being served was an older gentleman who used two canes for walking, so that understandably took some time.  The young man ahead of me in line was cashing his paycheck, which it turns out, was his last as he was moving on to employment elsewhere.  Good for him. His new job would pay more and give him better hours.  I know all of this because I couldn’t help hearing the entire conversation. Maybe now he’ll be making enough to open a bank account. All to the good, but do we in line need to know that narrative?  I’m thinking . . . . . .  Continue reading “Who Tells Your Story? Just Not Now”

Several times, I’ve introduced Lady Peacock, a friend of ours who is delightful yet some might say just a little quirky in some of her outlooks. Her strongly held views would more than likely improve life and culture as we know it if only, as she lamented recently, “people would listen to me and do what I recommend.”  In the first episode, “Snacks Without Borders”, much was made of her eating habits, which she insists are fully compliant with a healthy, nutritional lifestyle.  Much like Donald Trump’s cheeseburgers, the experts no doubt would disagree.  I, as merely the scribe here, feel compelled to document this so that researchers in coming generations and centuries may come across these chapters and perhaps identify where society broke down.  It’s a mission. Continue reading “A Diet In Action”

Good morning, Everyone. I’d like you to pretend for just a moment that I’m standing, fit and impressive behind a podium, with the Great Seal behind me, or an enormous flag – something that says “Leadership and Greatness”.  Before I begin my prepared remarks, I’d like you to know something really, really important. As you know, many candidates have announced their intentions to run for the highest office in the land.  No, not chairman Starbucks, or even CBS, which has an opening right now, but nothing less than President of the United States.  We don’t actually announce for some time that we will be a candidate. We state that, in the public interest, we’re forming an “exploratory committee”.  What this committee explores is  whether or not we have a hope in . . . . . of winning, or even more important, we can raise a boatload of money.  So, my exploratory committee is small and ill-prepared, but none-the-less enthusiastic. We have our eye on one or two former members of the Dukakis presidential campaign, so insight and experience will come into play heavily here.  Despite their concerns, one might even call them violent objections, I still think that, all-in-all, my candidacy can be viable.  In fact, there could be a major announcement in the DIY Rake and Seed Catalog in time for spring planting.  Getting their endorsement alone is a coup in my book. Continue reading “An Exploratory Committee”