(time to put the lazy bastards back to work) (This is not to be taken seriously no matter how bad or angry it makes you feel.) There was a McDonald’s commercial that showed happy old people working alongside young people in a restaurant. They were, according to the commercial, a…

My former wife used to get mad at me for following the unfolding doom story. I tried to explain that it was no different than following any unfolding news story only this one, unlike car chases and what the most recent puppet in the white house was doing, had…

(title stolen from Chip Conrad’s book of the same name) A physical educator from the early years of the 1900s named Georges Hebert said, “…early gymnastics and calisthenics prioritized practical skills, with effective applications to the real world: running, jumping, balancing, crawling, climbing, lifting and carrying, throwing and catching, swimming…

“I have burned my tomorrows And I stand inside today At the edge of the future And my dreams all fade away” Unkle-Burn My Shadow Away In 1934 there was a book called “While Rome Burns that collected some of the 20th-century American critic Alexander Woollcott’s writings for the…

I’m Bobby and along with my trusted partner in crime Debbie Downer we have dedicated our lives to destroying delusions. No positive outlook will go unpunished. We are on a search-and-destroy mission to bring cloudy days to your blue-sky world. Nothing will stop us from grabbing you by…

When I lived in San Francisco I used to work in Marin County. One day I got on Park Presidio heading for the Golden Gate Bridge and the traffic was at a standstill. I turned on the radio to see what was going on and it turns out that…

It is a sunny day in Chico CA, the first in a few weeks and the birds are out in force. Several lovely red-breasted something or another are sitting quietly in a large tree while smaller ones flit around doing whatever it is that small birds do. None of…

“We’re so self-important. So arrogant. Everybody’s going to save something now. Save the trees, save the bees, save the whales, save the snails. And the supreme arrogance? Save the planet! Are these people kidding? Save the planet? We don’t even know how to take care of ourselves; we haven’t…

We are slaves to convenience and since the introduction of meat and milk substitutes being vegetarian has never been easier. Adopting a vegetarian lifestyle has certain psychological benefits in that it allows you to feel good about yourself but is it really that good for you or…