Category Archives: What The Heck

I will do my best to keep Spam from bothering any readers here. I don’t allow third party posts, I’m the only author here, but I do permit moderated comments. Should someone successfully compromise this site please let me know … Continue reading →

I ran into a major traffic jam in the parking lot of my local grocery store the other day. There were 15/16 cars halted directly in front of the main entrance and nobody could seem to figure out what to … Continue reading →

  Driving down the highway heading for a Mexican Food lunch in the next town; the speed limit is 55 MPH and I, like everyone else, am traveling at 65 MPH. Soon I am slowed to 52 MPH by a … Continue reading →

  I saw a young boy today, he looked to be about 8 or 9 years old, most of his exposed skin was covered by scar tissue obviously caused by serious burns. I initially thought “How terrible” that this child … Continue reading →

  A co-worker had brought her young son into the office near the end of the workday and put him to work at some adolescent on-line games until it was time to go home. Nothing new here, and we were … Continue reading →

  Why do people play the lottery? Everyone knows you stand a better chance of getting struck by lightning while dancing the Samba in your sister’s nightgown, twice, than making any kind of killing in the lottery. I don’t normally … Continue reading →

  President Bush was successful in cutting the tax rate several months ago and we are now seeing the benefits in the form of substantially higher tax revenues being paid into the U.S. Government coffers. This should be a lesson … Continue reading →

  I am reading Neal Boortz’s “The Fair Tax Book”. It is very interesting and provocative reading. Can you imagine paying less in taxes, having no federal debt and having the Social Security Fund both solvent and protected? This book … Continue reading →

  I want everyone who is incarcerated, no matter what the reason, to be treated at least as well as the members of our Military Services while they are out “Doing The Mission”. For any that are not familiar with … Continue reading →

Let me catalog some observations for you that in my opinion looked like:   1. Driving a vehicle while talking on a cell phone.   2. Failing to obey a stop sign.   3. Failing to look in any direction … Continue reading →

  I keep hearing about other sources of fuel being the salvation of the budding Gasoline Crisis. In particular Alcohol from agricultural sources is being promoted as the “next” big thing. Beyond the fact that the corn and other grains … Continue reading →

  On Being Polite — I stopped to buy gas the other day. While I was there a gentleman in a work truck pulled in parking about six feet from the pump. He had stopped angled away from the pumps … Continue reading →

  Having just dined at our local Chinese emporium, my wife and I made for the car and began the short trip home. Out of the parking space, pull forward, notice the truck behind me also leaving and… a small … Continue reading →

  Off in the distance you see it coming, it is completely unaware, without apparent connection to the immediate surroundings and oblivious to external stimuli. At first a pinpoint but growing steadily as the time tics away, it slowly gets … Continue reading →