Is Common Sense Overrated?
I keep hearing people using the term “commom sense.” They seem to imply that it is the end-all state of intelligence. Did you ever ask yourself how accurate this is? What if Einstein just had common sense? What if the Wright [...]
The New TV Season
Isn’t it amazing how we can go through three or four months of re-runs with very little interesting TV, and then all of a sudden have too much new stuff to watch? Wouldn’t it be better to have these shows introduced [...]
There’s Funny and There’s Funny
I have a terrible problem in that I am a huge fan of condescending humor. To me it exposes the human frailty in each of us. The truth is I am pretty fair about being the brunt of of this [...]
Private Clubs
In the fifties, private clubs were a mysterious term to the seven year-old boy that I was. When I became old enough to realize what it meant, I was rather disappointed that my two uncles belonged to one. I always looked up to [...]
Life of the Party
As a little boy, I was so impressed with my uncle Pete’s personality that I found myself emulating his every move. You see, my father worked a graveyard shift and I spent very little time with him. He would be [...]