For those of you interested, I’ll be a guest on KSKA public radio today from 2 to 3 on a show entitled, “Hometown Alaska”. It will be a call in show about Temporary Sal’s new book and book tour. Tune in at 91.1 FM.
From a concerned parent
This is what a friend recently wrote to me about taking his sons to play video games – names have been changed to protect the (not-so) innocent kids:
When the family got home from church, my son Barry reminded me that I had promised to take him to “Friendlly Fire” the video game parlor down the street. I agreed, and Larry, Barry and I walked down there. It was very clean and neat inside with a late teen running the counter. $5 for one hour was the minimum. I got Larry and Barry both an hour. The only thing appropriate
Drunk Drivers
With the headlines screaming at us here in Anchorage about the repeat drunk driving offender who killed a young man near Potter’s Marsh and almost killed his companion as well – potentially leaving two children orphans – the great hue and cry over drunk driving has resumed. How do we stop repeat offenders short of sentencing them to life after the first offense (effective but some civil libertarian will probably have problems with that concept) or chopping off their arms so they can’t actually steer a car or even open the door without help (also something I imagine a civil
Ouch, my brain
I turned on the TV instead of NPR the other morning for reasons I don’t remember. How painful. I will never watch early morning TV again. Take me back, NPR. I appreciate intelligent discussion and calm reasoning now more than ever! By the way, did you know there is actually a show in the morning called ShowBiz Today or something like that which announces things like an interview with Donald Trump with the breathlessness one would normally use only if one had snared the first ever in person interview with God? Take me back, NPR….
The view from my world
A friend recently e-mailed me to tell me that he believed in health care for everyone but didn’t want it run by the government because our government is so inefficient. This was my response:
Well, I guess my feeling is that the government must be doing something right because here we are, over 225 years later, and we are still a somewhat coherent whole with more services offered to us on a daily basis with some degree of efficiency by our government than most people will know from their government in a lifetime. Our water is clean, our waste is
What happens when your aunt catches you and you can’t escape her red, red lips
Didn’t you just hate it when your aunts did this to you on the holidays? Yep, Rhodes’ Auntie Mame is going to make his life fun and exciting always… and he’ll always know when she’s around by the marks on his cheek. All I can say is, “Be grateful, Rhodes. My aunts used to make my cheeks red by pinching them. A mouthful of lipstick is much less painful, even if you are a guy.”
Allen and Smith
I think anytime multi millionaires are put in jail that they should be required to pay us for the privilege. Call me selfish, but I am hard pressed to understand why I’m paying for Bill Allen and Rick Smith to have someplace to live and eat for free for the next few years.
New Jersey Gubernatorial Election
I was in New Jersey for the end of the race and the election. I can only say that both candidates came across as sleazy, even by Jersey standards which are even lower than Alaska standards… proving there is no bottom that politicians can’t reach. But honestly, when Corzine’s campaign started making innuendos about his opponent’s weight – as though being fat meant you couldn’t govern, let alone the unspeakable rudeness of calling attention to someone’s weight like that… well, let’s just say I’m very glad he lost. What a pig.
What am I missing?
Vic Kohring has probably the best lawyer he can’t afford representing him in a case that could potentially send him back to jail for years and he sues that lawyer over an accident, thereby losing his services in the criminal case and ending up with a court appointed public defender. If this is any indication of his intelligence, maybe he should be locked up for his own good.
As I suspected
My dogs would like me to go back on vacation and have the house sitter return. Sigh…..