Collecting My Thoughts

2762 Snacks and chats on the dock Last evening the Lakeside dock was closed to the public and donors to the Lakeside Fund were invited to...

What have you bought on e-Bay? When I first heard about e-Bay it was from a friend who actually became addicted to it. It's changed ...

2760 Do you sic or spell? I can't help it. Usually when I quote someone (block, chop, drop and link), I correct the spelling, typos ...

2759 The greatest economic story ever told "Exactly twenty-five years ago [Aug. 14], Ronald Reagan signed into law the first supply-s...

Trip Tale: The Hermitage It seems that everyone who visits St. Petersburg goes to the Hermitage. And it is fabulous. The crowds are incr...

2757 Why do we tolerate leftist academics? If we believe in the market, and they are tolerated by the people paying their salaries, what...

Monday Memories: Our Lakeside bicycles Although I don't have the first photo with me, this bicycle was a birthday gift for me in 1968...

2755 The 29th Annual Lakeside Regatta Last night we attended the S.O.S. (Society of Old Salts) Sailing Appreciation Picnic. I think that ...

2754 The Waitress test I don't think I included some of these points in my "How not to marry a jerk" blog and " How no...

2753 Ka Boom, Bang Thud Crash When I stepped outside the coffee shop this morning at Lakeside, I heard a very loud "worship" ba...

2752 Blueberries and Cancer I blogged about the benefits of blueberries last summer, but because they are in season, here's a reminde...

2751 Vehicle accidents in rural areas Virtually all the people I know who have died in traffic accidents have been from "home"-...

2750 Katrina medical tragedy Be sure to read Michael Hebert's account of the doctor and 2 nurses accused of murder in the Katrina aft...

2749 Like little kids the left wing bloggers are covering their eyes and shouting so they can't hear or see anything. Pathetic. ...

Trip Tale: St. Petersburg, The Peter and Paul Fortress When Peter the Great of Russia decided he needed a city on the Gulf of Finland he ...

FLW Tour: Sidney, OH Sullivan Bank Tiny Sidney in Shelby County, Ohio is home to at least two famous buildings and many other lovely sites...

2747 For Democrats to win in 2006 "If Democrats could take even half the voters who consider Iraq a significant but not a “vote-deci...

2746 Uncle Sam as a step-father After citing his grandmother's legacy for raising five strong, competent, college educated daughters,...

2745 Send Nagin and Blanco to China If we can believe their news sources any more than our own, Chinese officials evacuated 1.5 million p...

2744 Let's made blood tests admissible in court In Ohio, hospitals aren't required to make blood tests in alcohol and drug relate...