Monthly Archives: March 2015

We celebrated the Oxfort’s Wedding Anniversary with them yesterday. It was their 58th Anniversary, which means it wasn’t anything special. Of course it was special; when anyone has been married for 58 years — believe me, that’s special!! The reason … Continue reading →

Seems like in the past couple of weeks I’ve caught myself saying something like, “this is just too hard,” or “things are getting too complicated” more and more. I’m sure part of the reason is me — I seem to … Continue reading →

I’ve mentioned here before that we have a (pretty much) weekly get together that we call Winter Golf. It’s the part of our regular golf where we have a few libations and solve as many of the world’s problems as … Continue reading →

You probably find it hard to believe that I, the self-proclaimed king of holidays, have been letting a significant holiday occasion slip by unnoticed — and uncelebrated — by me. I am of course referring to Pi (π) Day. A … Continue reading →

One of the lead stories in the news the past few days has been the furor surrounding the racist fraternity video that made its way to the social media from the University of Oklahoma. A video posted on Twitter showed … Continue reading →

Well we made it into Daylight Saving Time (saving is singular, not plural) again. Personally, I’m happy about it. I like the longer daylight hours in the evening. Since I usually don’t have to urgently be anywhere early in the … Continue reading →

A few days ago I was headed out for our “winter golf” meeting at a friend’s house. Since we had just gotten a foot or so of snow, I called another friend and told him I’d pick him up since … Continue reading →

A couple of months ago I read an article from an Amsterdam newspaper about the Dutch Cycling Federation conducting a study showing that 60 lives could be saved a year if air bags were installed on the hoods of cars, … Continue reading →

My last update to this blog, talked about the use of the number 30 to indicate the end of the story. Over the years that I’ve been doing this blog, I’ve discussed a lot of numbers while covering a number … Continue reading →

A couple of weeks ago, a friend asked why all my blog entries ended with “thirty.” Given the age of my friend, I was surprised at the question. — 30 — has traditionally been used by journalists to indicate the … Continue reading →