Popular things that shouldn’t be…….
After some thought, I’m going with the private automobile. Most of us know the story...
Words misused that piss me off…
Yep, I have a couple of the same root words that people in Russia, I...
Are we more divided these days?
In the 1980s, we had relatives living in Kamchatka, a far-away peninsula in the Russian...
How proud am I of my country?
How proud am I of America? Well, by next week this should be an interesting...
It’s not a lie, it’s true!!
It was in Sri Lanka, many moons ago, during our 3-week vacation on this most...
My Sexiest Computer Game
Imagine Moscow, 1994. I am 19 and live in a multiapartment building in the Yasenevo...
A new pope – do we care?
Americans, even catholic Americans, have an odd relationship with the Vatican. The Americans send heaping...
Games we used to play
In those halcyon days of the beginning of the swinging sixties, I was a commuter...
My most bizarre dreams…
These will appear bizarre to anybody that hasn’t experienced my life, but for me, maybe...
Cheque, cash, card or crypto?
I last wrote a cheque about 20 years ago. I have always detested carrying cash...