The Scene Makers
From my earliest days I have enjoyed taking photographs. A camera provides an instant capture of a moment for later reminiscence. I have taken thousands and thousands of photos over 40 years. The old ...
Month: January 2014
Read slowly….A joke for Friday Morning
Two sisters, one blonde and one brunette, inherit the family ranch. Unfortunately, after just a few years, they are in financial trouble. In order to keep the bank from repossessing the ranch, they ne...
Life in Moderation
Everything in moderation, comes from ancient Greece and the time of Aristotle. The sage of antiquity posited that finding a balance between excess and deficiency was the best course to take i...
Without knowledge we are clueless…..
Last May, a friend informed me he was undertaking to tell an epic tale of survival from WWII in a cinematic fashion. Now after months of hard work in North America, Greece, and Israel he has almost ...
Some Thursday funnies…
Tom, Dick and Harry went to a party. After the party they returned to the hotel. The hotel was 600 stories high. Unfortunately for them, the elevator was not working. They made a plan for the first 20...
Forgive me father….
A drunk staggers into a Catholic Church, enters a confessional box, sits down but says nothing. The Priest coughs a few times to get his attention but the drunk just sits there. Finally, the Priest po...
The Machete Marauder that found his inner Prince Valiant.
For a quarter century, I have served the lads and lasses the finest libations and offered up an ear to those who needed to be heard.Where did time fly? Mixology has been and continues to be a most int...
Liquor Lesson
A man walks into a bar and orders a 12-year-old scotch. The bartender, believing that the customer will not be able to tell the difference, pours him a shot of the cheap 3-year-old house scotch that h...
A Feast to Remember
Chateaubriand for two. A one hour gastronomic miracle I prepare once a year. No special occasion required just a great meal with my wife. Every meal I prepare with one goal in mind – satisfying ...
Job Stress
A passenger in a taxi leaned o … A passenger in a taxi leaned over to ask the driver a question and tapped him on the shoulder. The driver screamed, lost control of the cab, nearly hit a bus, dr...