Month: September 2005

  • Treasured friendships

    The man who treasures his friends is usually solid gold himself.Marjorie Holmes

  • Gerin oil

    It is a highly addictive drug, but governments everywhere encourage its use.  Read the story in Prospect Magazine

  • Autumn

    Fall is my favorite season in Los Angeles, watching the birds change color and fall from the trees.David LettermanIf winter is slumber, and spring is birth, and summer is life, then autumn rounds out to be reflection.  It’s a time of year when the leaves are down and the harvest is in and the perennials…

  • Your tax dollars at work

    I ran across a link to popular baby names at the Social Security Administration and I just couldn’t resist finding out how popular I was.  It appears that I have been getting more popular since I was born, because the rank of the name “Jonathan” has been rising from 118th most popular male baby name…

  • Solutions through gunplay

    In the Northwest Georgia Mountains you don’t see too many people hang-gliding. So, Bubba decided to save up and get a hang-glider.  He takes it to the highest mountain, and after struggling to the top, he gets ready to take flight.  He takes off running and reaches the edge—into the wind he goes!Meanwhile, Maw and…

  • Laughter

    Laughter, by definition, is healthy.Doris Lessing

  • Progress

    Automized and computerized industry requires more and more young men and women who have white-collar skills but behave with the docility expected of blue-collar workers.Staughton Lynd