Cleans your smartphone in only 4 minutes!
Meshugener!
Oy vey.
When it comes to more crazy per square foot, I’ll put Illinois right 
next to California any day!
Seems State Rep. Will Davis, Hazel Crest (do I need to tell you his party affiliation?) wants to add a $0.25 tax on every purchase of…sneakers. He figures the state could raise an extra $3 milldoh for Illinois’ YouthBuild programs which teach kids construction skills. Rep. Davis says,
Call Me an Old Crank…
…but can someone please sing our National Anthem in a measured, respectful manner that honors our country and not the singer??
Way to make it all about you Alicia!
C’Mon man!
Our National Pastime
Okay people, it’s time to face facts. When God created sports, He started with football. Not the goofy and tedious game of kick-ball Europeans play, but real, red-blooded, American Football. Yeah, with a capital “F.”
Sorry Canada, that ain’t football you’re playing. As for you Australia, I don’t even know what to call that sport. Looks more like rugby to me. And those refs in lab coats…what’s up with that??
Over the years there have been many attempts to copy our true national pastime. The XFL, BYFL, and Arena League come to mind—don’t get me started about the abomination that is Lingerie Football! But as with all imitations, they fail to satisfy because they just don’t have the raw power, and emotion of the real thing.
Ghost
Silent ghost, perched upon my garden wall,
What brought you here? What is it that you see,
That makes you peer so intently at me,
Through winter’s misty pall?
Is it idle curiosity, or perhaps a tiny mouse,
That so captivates your persistent gaze?
I do perceive, despite the icy haze,
Your ghostly presence outside my house,
Is but a token of how life goes;
One moment we are here, the next are gone.
Comes the morning, we may not see the dawn,
Or wake to carry on despite life’s throes.
You seem to say, all you have is now,
Follow your endeavors through.
The God of Life will make them true,
And bear them fruit somehow.
I look again and you have fled,
As ghostly silent as you came.
Still, I am here but not the same;
Your lesson sealed inside my head.
Stargazer
Stuck in a meeting? On a con-call and bored out of your mind? Here’s a little timewaster for all you amateur astronomers out there. Set any date you like and see the sky as it was, or will be. Pretty neat!
Here’s a little music to stargaze by…
Owen Groesser, Hero
Here is a young man who some would say didn’t get a fair shake in life. That’s not how Owen sees it.
You can read the article about Owen’s heroics here. He even made it on SportsCenter! But that’s not why he’s my hero. Owen is my hero because he’s taken the life he was given and made the most of it. No complaining, no whining, no quitting.
I’ve had the privilege to know several people with Down Syndrome and I can say that every one of them have this same attitude. They are not consumed with worry over what they can’t do. For them, the world is full of possibilities. Of the DS people I know, some are singers and composers, artists, poets, athletes, and even a congressional intern!
Some people in this world think that children like Owen should never have been born. They would counsel parents against going through with the pregnancy because of the many health problems the child will face, and the many sufferings and sacrifices the family will have as a result. Kids like Owen are not viable they say.
To them I say, a good life is not one without pain, a good life is a life well lived.
Home Sweet Home
Okay, this post might seem a bit off-topic, but it does suggest some things to think about vis-a-vis how we live.
Gizmag is a fun stop for people interested in new technology. I check it out every day while doing my rounds of the intertubes—hey, I’m a writer. It’s my job. Anyway, I highly recommend it. But some of the tech I read about is more useful than others. I saw something the other day that was very intriguing to me personally, and not just a way to turn your iPhone into a garden sprinkler or another solar-powered bottle opener.
I’m talking about prefab homes. Not just a re-purposed (oooh, I hate that word!) shipping container, but a real house with doors and windows and bedrooms and everything! Now this is nothing new, but it’s not something we see a lot of today.
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