I’ve been angry for a month now. Not snarling angry, but an unsettled, undefinable “pissy” feeling that let me know I was angry about something, but I couldn’t figure out about what. Then I realized that there are an increasing number of people in my life - not friends - but just people - who don’t understand the word “No,” and its ramifications. “No,” just means “no.” It’s not your cue to fall to the floor and kick your feet and scream and cry. It’s not a signal that if …

Eight UFOs have been sighted in China since last June. ABC News reports that one of the more recent sightings even caused officials to shut down an airport so planes wouldn’t hit the UFO hovering and darting around over the airport. Officials claim it was a “military” flight - but won’t say why it was allowed to disrupt commercial flights.
The most exciting development though is the UFO that recently appeared over the Dome of the Rock in Israel. The recent video is sure to have the Muslim, Jewish and Christian …

Many of you may have read my essay on Salon.com. I know so because a couple of you wrote me and expressed an interest in what the van looked like. Well, here she is. In her finer days - like back in 2009, she cleaned up well. But in two years she’s gone downhill. The defroster doesn’t work. The brakes need replacing and there’s about $800 worth of work that needs to be done to get her on the road again. It’s still a comfortable place for me - more …

(Photo from Oprah Winfrey’s Company - HARPO)
After Oprah Winfrey’s half-sister Patricia tracked her down and explained how she and her children pieced together a lifetime of puzzle pieces about the mother who gave her up for adoption, Oprah was impressed by one thing - that her half-sister hadn’t sold her out to the media, to the tabloids when she discovered she was Oprah’s half-sister.
In a world where everyone is after a piece of Oprah, or her money, or what she can do for them, or give them - someone …

Technology changes. People don’t. People have remained pretty much the same since early recorded history. The technology and the speed and way at which things get done may change - but human nature is human nature. This photo of newspaper headlines was posted in the street-corner window of a newspaper office (Brockton Enterprise). Brockton, Massachusetts, December 1940. Reproduction from color slide. Photo by Jack Delano. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. The entire series of photos may be viewed here.
In case you don’t remember, when we were teenagers and …