The Rat Squeaks

Mosquito University's Church Attic The mention of dumb birds in my previous post reminds me of a church I used to service as a pest cont...

Bird Brain When I was young and wanted to insult my older sister, I’d call her a "bird brain". I haven’t thought of that in a whi...

Birds Seen Recently In My Back Yard   1) blue jay   2) brown thrasher   3) cardinal   4) Carolina wren   5) catbird   6) chickadee   7) cro...

Email Idiocy A couple of days ago my IP, who also provides email accounts that I hardly use, announced that I better get what I want off th...

In Defense Of Meandering Slowly Across A Topic It rained today for the first time in a month or more. Even the last time that it rained, it...

About the best compliment I ever got was from a young woman named Claudia who didn't even like me very much. Sometime back around 1967 ...

Dear Paula: We all, even you, I think, have already missed our chance to save the world or do much more than just polish it a little. I see...

Will Superman Be Next? I wouldn’t want to get too heated up about this topic because it’s half-comical and yet more than serious, but… The ...

The Goddamn Moneychangers Are Back! Has anyone else noticed lately how much Spam mail is arriving with the word "Christian" inject...

I've still got those Richard and Mimi Fariña lyrics bouncing around in my head and still feeling guilty that I didn't play you any o...