Reflections Of A Gasbag

Well I am looking at a month into my retirement. I must admit the first two weeks were kind of hard. Still getting emails and texts during the transition I found myself calling the people who worked for me and asking if everything was ok. I found myself asking work things. Do I need to…

“Retirement is not the end of the road. It is the beginning of the open highway.” Thursday I will start that new chapter of my life. Robert Earl Keen sang that the road goes on forever. We all know that isn’t true but my hope is that I can cover many miles on this road…

Time rushes toward me — it has no brakes. Still, the radishes are good this year. Run them through butter, add a little salt…. Jim Harrison “Retirement is not the end of the road. It is the beginning of the open highway.” Thursday I will start that new chapter of my life. Robert Earl Keen…

So tonight when my wife Rebecca said that she would not sit through another basketball game and I refused to look at “House Hunting”or “Please Sell My Dump“ or whatever else the ridiculous shows that comes on Home and Garden, I relented. We decided to watch a movie. Today being St Patty’s Day why not…

Here’s to pretending that anything changes when the new year does. Every December 31st I jot things down on what I can do to improve myself. Every January 1st, thirty minutes after I get out of the bed I fail. The one thing all my life I have succeeded is busting my New Year’s resolutions…

It is almost December 23rd and that means that Festivus is nearly upon us. (Actually, Festivus is floating holiday that can be observed whenever one chooses to.) It is traditional on Festivus to air one’s grievances. This is the Gasbag’s time of year. He can bloviate, bitch and moan. He can air out his grievances.…

I remember back in 1979 when Jimmy Carter was President our country faced seemingly intractable problems much like today. I was living at Quail Creek Apartments in Rock Hill, SC. Inflation was at 13 percent. We had to fill up our cars on alternating days to get gas. The U.S. space station Skylab was about…

The purpose of writing a blog is to come up with subjects that will draw interest from those who you are trying to reach. Maybe adding catchy little titles that will peak their interest. Pretty pictures could work. Maybe actually having a interesting subject to blog about. Sorry there is none of that here. My…

Back in 2003 a friend of mine and myself had this crazy idea to start a company. It was a huge step to take and for awhile it was rough. We lived off of credit cards and ate lots of pork and beans. There were times where we had wondered if we had done the…

The older I get the more questions I have. I’m having difficulty in my old age understanding the world that I live in. I’ve always had questions. I think it started when as a youngster I noticed that Ketchup and Catsup were the same thing but spelled differently. Was it really the same? Is there…