Animal Instincts & Pearls of Wisdom

No farting in the car, travel happy... The popular phrase "America's love affair with the automobile" came along in a TV show called "Merrily We Roll Along" as part of the DuPont Series of the Week in 1961. This was a time when DuPont owned a large percent of stock in General Motors. "Groucho" Marx... Sign in to see full entry.

Spanking doesn’t make children avoid problem behaviors...it makes them want to avoid another spanking... When I was enrolled in junior high school during the late 70s in Oregon, the principal appeared to enjoy handing out corporal punishment via the hack...almost daily you could hear the crack of... Sign in to see full entry.

High paying jobs for creative's who enjoy and love the art of writing do exist, but a few of them are tedious and boring at best. We all dream of writing that one novel that makes the New York's best selling book list, but for the majority of the human race, that is merely a dream. The majority of... Sign in to see full entry.

A t what price will our country pay for this act of war? The New Yorker reported that "on orders from President Trump, the United States killed Major General Qassem Suleimani, the leader of Iran’s élite Quds Force and the mastermind of its military operations across the Middle East, in an overnight... Sign in to see full entry.

Doing the right thing when no one is watching show's true character, honesty, and integrity. Owning your mistakes demonstrate's courage even when there is mud to be wiped off of your face. Sign in to see full entry.

M&Ms, 1941....They are still the most popular candy on earth today, and we all have our favorite color. Thanks to the M&M ad campaign, we all became aware that a preference for green M&Ms meant that you were a sex phene. If red is your preference, it means that you are bold and confident. Blue means... Sign in to see full entry.

“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.” ~ George Carlin~ Hhhmmm... Did they purposely make dyslexia hard to spell? Why is it that when you’re driving and looking for an address, you turn down the volume on the radio? Oops... Watering down the... Sign in to see full entry.

Looking back on the innocence of youth, it occurred to me that those harmless childhood games that we played for hours on end were actually giving us a precursor for things to come. Playing board games was nothing more than child's play, yet it was actually an introduction into the adult life that... Sign in to see full entry.

Many people believe in traditions that cause good luck and bad luck. Some of these traditions came with the immigrants from hundreds of years ago. Belief and superstitions are really up to each individual and how they feel about good luck and what it can bring during a New Year. Here are a few New... Sign in to see full entry.

Happy New Year! 2020 is the year of the rat. The lucky colors for the new year are white & blue. The Chinese zodiac lists those who are rats were born in the years 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, and 2008. The lucky colors for people who fall under the "Rat sign" in 2020 are pink & yellow.... Sign in to see full entry.