Anytime we wish to stick our fingers in the eye of a big box store we have to be careful, don't we? These are the times we should refer...

I rarely fly, mainly because everything I need can be found in the four corners of Oklahoma. This place is home, and I love it here....

Are the happenings of life just a nonstop string of events that are not within our power to change? Let's whittle that question down just...

Dad had one of those extraordinary lives, not unlike a cat he also had nine. By the time he turned thirty I think he had already used...

Grandma had a few sayings she used while I was growing up that are hard to forget. She said things like, " the cow will always wait until...

There seems to be a lot of confusion these days about what makes a quality restaurant. As a man who has never managed a restaurant but...

Have you ever seen those medical case studies they do on people who are addicted to heroin? Any time a person partakes in that drug their brain lights up like a kid's Lite Brite. I suppose you cannot blame a people with such a troubled pasts to figure out a way to dull their pain, but to what end? Are we really going to tell them it's okay if they end up on a ventilator and all three of their kids, with three different daddies (who are BTW all MIA) are all going to become w

Not unlike a sphere that is pulled in two different directions I too was raised between the pull of two poles. On one hand mom and granny always taught me to be polite. On the other hand, the crusty old codgers in my life (and there were many) taught me to be a straight shooter and tell it like it is even at the risk of hurting someone's feelings. In fact, from those old guys point of view hurting someone's feelings was an absolute must in order to drive home a point. Needles

I have spoken at length in the past about the concept of time. It always seems to be a topic that is left up to interpretation because it...

No other phrase is more American than "All You Can Eat." Most other countries eat to live, we live to eat. What other country would...

I have stated on many occasions that fashion is just a state of mind. Just remember that most fashion trends start on either the west or...

The biggest problem with being stupid is that people are often too dense to realize that the problem exists to begin with. Usually that...

The one game we are all compelled to play but can never win is aging. Visiting my mother this past weekend in a rest home was a joyous...

Why is it that the more things change the more they stay the same? Doesn't the upcoming election cycle just feel like a do-over from...

I feel sorry for anyone who works on a commission and tries to sell me anything. If I didn't reach out to them first, they are going to...

Keeping life interesting can sometimes be a chore. A man can only recollect so many stories while lingering over a cup of decaf and a...

The first piece of advice I can offer men about women is never ask your wife if she enjoys that slurping sound you make while eating soup...

I often wonder if we are destined to carry more weight in the wintertime like a giant grizzly bear preparing to hibernate. Maybe that's just wishful thinking on my part. There are times during the winter months where hibernation starts to sound pretty good to me. But the human psyche knows exactly when to add insult to injury. Once it gets cold enough to keep me from my daily walks my craving for carbs goes up ten-fold. For some strange reason in the wintertime, I often crave

Complaining is something that we all do to some degree. I often think we all feel that complaining is our God-given right. I think some...

In the winds of change (at least in Oklahoma these days) you can smell the baking of brownies. At what point did brownies become the...