Month: January 2023

  • Don’t Invite Pizza Eating Rats Into Your House

    Don’t Invite Pizza Eating Rats Into Your House

    When a pizza restaurant has a rat as a mascot, you should probably be concerned. When they want to send the rat to your house with a pizza, you should probably be more concerned. The national franchise featuring the rat is Chuck E. Cheese, a place popular with little kids who have not yet developed…

  • A Sure Way To Win The Lottery

    A Sure Way To Win The Lottery

    There is absolute fool proof way to win every time, if you’re up for it. Who hasn’t dreamed of becoming mega rich? In January of 2023, the Mega Millions lottery jackpot in the United States rose up to 1.35 BILLION dollars. Make note of that number… 1.35 BILLION What could I have done with 1.35…

  • The Life of a Writer – Part 3 (When)

    The Life of a Writer – Part 3 (When)

    Finding time to write can be as much of a challenge as figuring out what to write. I disappeared from the blogging world for much of 2022. I greatly appreciate all those who checked on me, but when asked why I wasn’t writing, the simple answer was, I didn’t have time. It’s a lame excuse…

  • A Positive Thing About Video Games

    A Positive Thing About Video Games

    Video games are often criticized because of senseless violence and inappropriate content, but there is an upside… Modern video games have introduced a multi-genre collection of classic music to kids that probably would never have been listened to otherwise. When I was a kid playing on my Atari 2600, the best I could hope for…

  • Happy New Year!

    Happy New Year!

    Here’s to another successful circumnavigation of the sun! I normally post a pessimistic article on January 1st each year about how nothing really changes as the new year begins, but not this year! I’m going to start the year out on a positive note. This year, I want to point out that something DID change……