Searching on line not long ago, I found a book on "Modern European History Since 1600" written by Carl Becker. I have been looking for a book by Carl Becker for quite a while, so I bought it on eBay.  

Malaysian flight MH370, as I write this, is still missing after one week and the stories are flying (pun intended:).   Hijacked, crashed, aliens...you name it, it's been written and diseminated on the most trusted news source we have - the internet.  

Pot hole Bingo:   If you drive you play it   Salt and plows make it   Tires and suspensions hate it   How many more weeks to evade it?

Last week Fred blogged about "Menu Management" -- managing the food that his wife Joanne orders. If it turns out that she doesn't like what she ordered, Fred (gladly) switches plates.

The world is a fascinating place.   In the wake of the Academy Awards, a brief debate occurred about Pink's performance of the Judy Garland classic, "Somewhere Over The Rainbow".  There were opinions decrying the blasphemy of the performance and others who thought the singer brought both talent and heart to her version.  

  A friend’s dad passed away last week. I didn’t really know him -- but just how special this man was in life was literally brought to life at his funeral. At the risk of sounding morbid, this was the nicest funeral service I have ever attended.

A few weeks ago New York Magazine was in the news when it published an essay by Alec Baldwin wherein he gave his reasons as to why he was going to leave New York City. The essay was available on the internet prior to the publication of that week’s issue of the magazine. While my urge to read the essay online was strong, I was easily able to resist the temptation as I knew that my copy of New York Magazine would arrive in the mail on Monday.  

On vacation, having already gone bike riding, swimming, golfed and played tennis, we decided to try something completely new and different.  Skeet shooting.  There is a range a mile away where you shoot pigeons.