Reflections Of A Gasbag

My Facebook feed is loaded with Jimmy Buffett tributes from my friends to singers, athletes, and politicians. Buffett meant a lot to many people in the USA including myself. I saw Buffett the first time at what I think was either The New Dixie Saloon or Double Door Inn in 1975? It was before he…

So much for a gasbag to bloviate about. Trump vs Biden again? Please nooooooo. Will Putin obliterate us all? Elon Musk vs Mark Zuckerberg…….who ya got. They have agreed to fight at the “Vegas Octagon,” an Ultimate Fighting Championship arena, although it’s unclear if and when it will take place. Pumpkin Spice?????? Been there, done…

Yes boys and girls we are starting that time, the time where Word Salads run amok. The most wonderful time of the next two years. Politics in the great ole USA. Seems like yesterday we were getting over 2020. Seriously I think it was yesterday or as our Vice President would say it’s just a…

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…