One who is perplexed might ask, what is the difference between testosterone and estrogen? Well, that's simple, testosterone makes you do dicey things like climb atop a 2,000-pound bull without any regard for the welfare of your spine. Estrogen makes you long for an over-abundance of throw pillows on your bed and causes you to tear up during Bridgette Jones movies. There are specific differences between the separation of men and woman that go far beyond chemical compositions,

To say that life is a gamble may be the understatement of the century. At my job we have a truck driver that as a child was struck by tragedy in his early life, a plane crashed into an inferno next to his home at Tinker Air Force Base in Midwest City Oklahoma and he was badly burned. Now fast forward some sixty years and he is fighting cancer. Where is the justice? It seems that hate, discontent, and tragedy should be shared equally with all of us, not just rained down on a c

When you have been bitten by the "tight" bug you will know it. It's when you remember the last time a 12oz can of soda took a 10-cent jump clearly, but you cannot remember what you had for lunch yesterday. If you are not naturally as tight as bark on a tree like I am, it's a pretty hard trait to learn. The last time I checked OSU does not offer a " Tightass #101" course in their economics department. Which by the way I COULD teach, teaching certificate notwithstanding. I coul

Do you find yourself in a hurry and feeling stressed often? Have you ever taken the time to ask yourself why? Allow me to take that thought just one step further and ask this question, "have you ever considered that the only person you are in competition against is YOURSELF?" I grew up in a home where I was raised primarily by my mom and grandma and there wasn't time to be competitive, they were too busy trying to keep their head above water financially. So, one might say I

As with all things, the difference between shoe buying practices when comparing men to women are night and day. In order to understand these differences, we must first examine for a moment just how each gender perceives their own feet. You'll never catch a man drawing attention to his feet like a woman does. You will never catch a man painting his toenails hot pink, slipping on a toe ring, or adorning his ankle with jewelry. That's because men mostly have ugly feet and we tre

I have so many questions regarding the homeless. Why do we tiptoe around the subject? Why are there so many more now than when I was a kid? Does that mean that drug problems are just worse now? Why is that it is not inherently against the law to be homeless, but many other laws tend to throw the problem under the proverbial bus like it being unlawful to sleep in public areas and being shewed away from bust intersections? If this is really the case, I'm pretty sure I have brok

A salty old welder from Owasso once told to me , "There aren't many new ideas under the sun." I think what he meant was there were very few thoughts that can be on par with a lightbulb moment. It seems I never had a pencil stuck in my overalls pocket when he laid the big quotes on me. Then he said something I wish I had written down, and it went something like this, " life is the time between sunrise and sunset when we contemplate the great unknown." When you think about it

It wasn't so many moons ago my wife took me in tow with her to our local mall. These places are not what they used to be. Back in the day they were considered safe places to hang out, that's not really the case anymore. These days they have been known to attract gang violence. Back in the 80's all you needed was food money, now you have to know how to flash gang signs and be aware of what colors are safe to wear. But (with the exception of my wife) women still love these plac

Granny always told me that a man with body odor MIGHT or MIGHT NOT be able to smell himself. I'll take that narrative one step further...

An I-phone is nothing more than a guarantee that you will never be left alone again. I assume the younger generation doesn't give wit...

Take these three simplistic words and contemplate them for just a moment, " we all poop." Don't shoot the messenger, I don't make up the rules, I just follow them like you. I am merely a student at your feet. Pooping essentially falls in line behind subjects like sexual intercourse. Our parents took the time to explain how procreation works, where babies come from. Then, they spent the next 18 years telling us it's too dirty to talk about. Maybe we owe a debt of gratitude t

There is nothing more humbling than being up to your eyeballs in a home project only to realize you are in over your head. Well... maybe...

It's been a long time since anyone tried to rethink breakfast. I assume the reason is because the meal is usually an afterthought. When...

Maybe it's the rebel in me but aren't most rules meant to be broken? I'm not talking about the no-brainers like filing your taxes on...

Every now and then it is advisable to give yourself a break from the things that drive this world. On occasion we should take time from contemplating which Kardashian sister is most need of a lip waxing; by the way (in case you have forgotten) its ALL of them. I've seen less hair on my barber's floor on a Saturday morning. I've spent time watching the Bravo network (not by choice) and I walked away feeling mostly like I lost some IQ points, which I'm almost certain I did. You

Do you remember when you stole a piece of bubble gum from the corner store as a kid and you thought the world was coming to an end because mom made you take it back and apologize? Of course, you well remember how embarrassed we were when we laid it on the counter and said in a sheepish voice, " I'm sorry." The upside to that disaster however is that it happened when we were five years old, and out of three people that remember the incident you are the only one still alive. T

Last night I was watching a sitcom and one lead character said to another, "Let's go do something." By using the noun "something" I...

Remember not long ago when a twenty-something year old male made an abomination of everything beer drinkers stand for? Imagine if you will Hank Hill with a terrified look on his face, it's easy if you try. In many ways I identify with Hank in that I TOO hate change. Allow me to stipulate once again, I despise change, not people. Men can't be women and women can't be men, sounds like an easy enough premise to buy, doesn't it? But it also seems to be a radical idea that young p

Have you ever considered that truth in advertising is dead? Consider for a moment you are an advertising executive, and your only job was...

Have you ever considered that one of the biggest players in the prices of inflation is due to lawyers? Have you ever considered that the reason you need a utility knife in order to open the packaging of a new utility knife is directly due to the insanity that goes on in the courts these days? There was a time when real lawyers went to bat for clients with real problems to fight legitimate injustices. Lawyers, in a civilized society are necessary because (with the exception of