Truck Stops Part 2: Fine Dining

Every truck stop has a “secret menu” of foods that you have to ask for. My favorite? “The Safe-to-eat Fish”. If a truck stop has a huge sign that is at least a hundred feet above the ground, it is probably a clean and well-run establishment. This is moot, however, because, once you get onto […]

All Quiet on the Random Thoughts

Sun Tzu said, “When you forces are strong, appear weak; and, when your forces are weak, appear strong”. That’s why, whenever I walk into a bar full of tough guys, I always make it a point to knock out the smallest, weakest man in the room. Just in case they all have knowledge of […]

My First Guest Blog

Deb Whittam and I collaborated on an animal essay and it sits on her wonderful blog. While you are in there, look at her photos… Her photos of Australia and other continents are what made her site the first one I started following on WordPress… Sheep… Yeah, That’s Right… Sheep

Tinker, Tailor, Random, Thoughts

My gaydar went down for an entire day and I was forced to interact with people whose sexual leanings could not be effectively guessed at. When I finally got it working again, it turned out that I’d interacted with three gays and might have caught homosexuality from one of them. Doctor told me that I’d […]

What May be My Worst Ideas Ever

A light opera about salt-water crocodiles Aerosol grape jelly A seeing eye rhinoceros so the blind can navigate through packed crowds A pine cone circus A little refrigerator you can fit inside your microwave. A line of condolence cards based upon the movie Ben Hur. A television series about a fat, pony-tailed humorist who fights […]