This coming Sunday is Easter, so I hope you have prepared your bonnet and your eggs. I have never really understood why a rabbit and eggs are the secular representations of Easter, though. Rabbits don’t lay eggs. (At least I’ve always heard that whatever it is they do leave behind, they ain’t eggs.) And I do get the part about “renewal” and all, but still … rabbits? Eggs? Come on.
It’s hard to believe that today I will celebrate another birthday, if not wanting to admit I’m yet another year older is celebrating. Over the years I’ve heard all the clichés… “You’re not getting older, you’re getting better,” or that really dreaded one, “You’re only as old as you feel.” Well, let’s address the first one. I’m not sure how anyone can consider waking up every day with aches and pains, having your eyesight getting worse, having people yell at you because you can’t hear them and plenty of trips to the rest room an idea of “getting better.”
’ve been enjoying the silence, to tell you the truth. Baseball season has been underway for several weeks now, and there has been a blessed silence from that place in my mind where the Baseball Curmudgeon, Homer K. Frink, resides. I knew it was too good to last, but I was enjoying riding it out. Now, however, Mr. Frink has clamored for attention, and we all know what is done with people who yell at clouds: give them some attention now and they go away for a while. This column by Mr. Frink may irritate fans of two particular teams. I’m a fan of one of them and it riles the heck out of me. But as I’ve said before, if you’re offended, simply consider the source. Go ahead, Homer. The floor is yours.
I’ve been enjoying the silence, to tell you the truth. Baseball season has been underway for several weeks now, and there has been a blessed silence from that place in my mind where the Baseball Curmudgeon, Homer K. Frink, resides. I knew it was too good to last, but I was enjoying riding it out. Now, however, Mr. Frink has clamored for attention, and we all know what is done with people who yell at clouds: give them some attention now and they go away for a while. This column by Mr. Frink may irritate fans of two particular teams. I’m a fan of one of them and it riles the heck out of me. But as I’ve said before, if you’re offended, simply consider the source. Go ahead, Homer. The floor is yours.
Tariffs have been much in the news lately and as with many things social media is loaded with experts – or so they think. Unfortunately, as so often happens, the truth is lost in opinion, opinion-led reporting, or actual fake news instead of legitimate research.
So, how did you do on the challenge last week? Your challenge was to find the three items in last week’s column that were totally fake. Did you find them? Check your work:
’m sure everyone has heard of the empty nest syndrome. I guess all parents experience that feeling of sadness when the children leave home. As a parent of two children with ages close together my nest emptied quickly and it was a difficult time for me. You become so involved as a parent taking care of your children you really don’t know what to do when they leave the nest.
So, how did you do on the challenge last week? Your challenge was to find the three items in last week’s column that were totally fake. Did you find them? Check your work:
I’m sure everyone has heard of the empty nest syndrome. I guess all parents experience that feeling of sadness when the children leave home. As a parent of two children with ages close together my nest emptied quickly and it was a difficult time for me. You become so involved as a parent taking care of your children you really don’t know what to do when they leave the nest.
March of 2020. Spring had sprung and the world was in its annual renewal. Baseball was getting started, making people like me very happy. And then we heard something about … a virus.
