My brother died Novemeber 1.  He was my only sibling.  His name was Mike and he had just turned 64 about a month before his death.   A friend wrote me a condolence note that said, "Our siblings hold such a special place in our lives...keepers of secrets, companions in joy and… Read full post »

Every year in the Super Bowl (and other sporting events too numerous to mention) we see players pointing to the sky after touchdowns or indicating by some other gesture that they owe their successful play to the Maker above.  Post game interviews are replete with deferential players who tak… Read full post »

It's not good to be homeless in Kansas City, MO.  You tend to get arrested.  The Kansas City Star described the plight of two men, Gary and David, who were recently evicted from their camp site close to a freeway ramp and jailed. While incarcerated, for camping illegally, the men lost&… Read full post »

Don't think any words from me are necessary.  The video speaks for itself.

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Opened up The Kansas City Star the other morning to digest the news that had transpired while I slept and came across this headline:  “Sex act in class alleged.”  The sex act referred to was oral sex so I assumed it had occurred in a high school between two (very)… Read full post »

December 8, 2010 

Dear Mr. Kellan,

I am writing to let you know that my father, Jim Edwards, passed away on April 29, 2010. He was 95 years old. He fell at the end of March resulting in a compressed lumbar fracture.  He survived the fall, but while in… Read full post »

I’m a former Black Friday virgin.  I’d never participated in the inane practice of getting up at 4 a.m. to stand in line with people ready to knock me down in order to beat me to the hot ticket item of that particular shopping season.  I don’t like crowds, I don’t/… Read full post »

It's a feeling of foreboding.  You wake up in the morning, begin to stir and as your consciousness increases you sense that something is wrong.  You can't isolate it or identify it.  But it's an unpleasant presence that's in the air you breathe.  You try to identify its source.&nb… Read full post »