You know what’s crazy? I’ll tell you what’s crazy.™ TAXES. My guy filed an extension so I’m still fighting the man. That’s right, the Tax Man. He wants and wants and wants till I have no more to give. He is a greedy S.O.B. reaching into my pocket, swiping the authorization code to my financial […]
You know what’s crazy? I’ll tell you what’s crazy™ Reviewing something you gave birth to for the 2nd time like it was the 1st time. I have created almost a 1,000 pieces of Life’s Crazy art. It began out of a need to put something at the top of each blog story. I write so […]
You know what’s crazy? I’ll tell you what’s crazy™ Sitting around waiting for something, anything. In your job, you probably have a task. You probably are assigned a project. Chances are, you know what you are doing days in advance. But I am a newsman. I don’t know a damn thing except the clock is […]
You know what’s crazy? I’ll tell you what’s crazy™ A Memphis blues joint called Rum Boogie Cafe. It’s a Beale Street musical venue that’s rich in history and dripping with BBQ sauce. The dive bar is on the corner of Beale and 3rd street, arguably a street more famous than Graceland Herself. The Rum Boogie Cafe […]
You know what’s crazy? I’ll tell you what’s crazy™ Leaving a ball game in the 6th inning. Normally I am a stay till the end of the game kind of guy. I am usually there till the final whistle blows, till the last out is retired, till the buzzer sounds But Saturday is not one […]
You know it’s crazy? I’ll tell you it’s crazy™ Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis. There are baseball cities and then there are baseball cities. Atlanta fancies itself a baseball city with its toma-hawk-chop. Los Angeles likes to think it’s a baseball city too; when fans aren’t arriving late and leaving early. But compared to […]
You know what’s crazy? I’ll tell you what’s crazy.™ Memphis ribs. Dripping off the bone, succulent, juicy ribs. The competition for bragging rights is fierce. Recently, I went to Charles Vergo’s Rendezvous charcoal ribs since 1948. It’s a world famous rib joint in a seedy little alley behind the Holiday Inn in downtown Memphis. As […]
You know what’s crazy? I’ll tell you what’s crazy™ Fight or Flight. It’s the primordial moment when caveman either stayed to fight the beast, or turned tail and ran for his life. Either way, it is the moment when the human spirit is fueled with high-octane energy to do something; either fight or run. I […]
You know what’s crazy? I’ll tell you what’s crazy™ Competitive eating. It’s hard to stomach. I guess if your only talent is an expandable stomach that thinks it’s a circus tent caught over a volcanic updraft, you go with what the good lord blessed you with. For my money, Joey Chestnut is the undisputed king […]
You know what’s crazy? I’ll tell you what’s crazy™ A cat with 9 lives plus one. Tiger is 18 years old. She is perky and friendly. She has yellow-green eyes that follow you when you stand. She meows when she is hungry and she sits at the door when she goes outside. She loves to […]