To The Manner Born

Wherever has the summer gone? So now its fall, and the new television season is upon us. Our media hero, Chuck Lorre now has 3 opportunities...

There will be a European History quiz today. I trust you've studied. In 100 words of less describe the 1919 Treaty of Versailles and its...

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It's not a woman's disease. It's a family disease that, according to the Centers For ...

Boys and beer, eh? 48 year old, David Jonathan Winkelman , and his stepson , after hearing KORB radio station DJ in Davenport Iowa, jokingly...

Living in the woods has many advantages. It's cooler in summer, the trees muffle traffic and airplane noise while simultaneously provid...

It dawned on me Monday morning that save for Friday night date nights, and the gym I hadn't been off the reservation for over a week, an...

The last week of September is traditionally Banned Books Week in the United States. It doesn't take much to become a banned book. Merel...

Today is Mr. Faulkner's 113th birthday. His novels, mostly set near his home in Oxford, Mississippi tell the story of the early 20th c...

Ever get really, I mean really, overserved at a wedding? The bride's father may have been a bit too liberal with the Cold Duck, or mayb...

If you have stopped by here a time or two you will quickly notice that I am not science boy. Whatever scientific interests I may have came ...

I love Autumn. I love it all, save for the unending gray skies and cold rain. I love the holidays, the traditions and most especially the cl...

On this date in 1862, President Lincoln issued part 1 of the Emancipation Proclamation. Part 1 specified that on January 1, 1863 all slaves ...

George Bernard Shaw is quoted as saying, "if all economists were laid end to end they would not reach a conclusion." That said, I...

Ever wonder if, just maybe, you were the star attraction on Punked? Some everyday unsatisfying transaction happens, and you expect someone t...

When I was but a lad in Kansas City, I remember being taken to an art exhibit held in a local shopping mall. In many respects I remember the...

As I was saying The Last Word on Goodwood Revival 2010 by claptonpond On Tuesday last we paid tribute to the most stylish British speed kin...

It's rare when Mrs. T allows me unescorted access to a grocery. It may come to surprise you that I don't shop the way she does, alr...