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Fashion Handicapped

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...

Stupidity Hurts

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

Is Age Just a Number?

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...

Voting AGAIN

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...

Squeezing a Nickle

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...

Losing Interest

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...

Wife Speak

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...

Church of the Painful Truth

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

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...

Baking Brownies

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...

Talking Cows

Sometimes the rules, or should I say the unwritten rules of life can be perplexing. When there are hard and fast rules that are backed by...

Wife Speak

The first bit of sage advice I can offer any married man is don't ask your wife if she enjoys that slurping sound you make when you eat...

Black Friday

My old man used to tell me he would (and I quote) " I'd rather take an ass whipping than to shop at Wal-Mart on a Saturday." Now that I...

Recipes to Share

Somewhere in the deep recesses of my brain, past the moat of my somewhat uncomfortable memories of puberty, down the twisting corridor of...

Piddle

For many years I thought that piddle was a word made up by my immediate family. Maybe I thought that was because the only place I ever heard it was within our four walls. Webster's Dictionary defines piddle as follows: "to spend time in a wasteful or trifling way." I always thought trifle was an English sponge cake desert, oh well. The reason we often used cleaned up versions of slightly dirtier words may be because we were Southern Baptists and mom was convinced that the pow

Junk Food

Like most of us I have a love/hate relationship with junk food. Those posers you see out jogging on Saturday mornings and drinking those...

Fun With Words

A man cannot reside in Oklahoma for long without hearing vast amounts of slang. I use it all the time. One I particularly like is "what's...

Pointing The Finger

Grandma always told me to be careful pointing the finger as there are three pointing back at me. We all know people that can never own up...

Stoners Are Predictable

Back in the day I had a friend who played a constant game of cat and mouse with local law enforcement, that is when he wasn't eating...

Being Dignified

I suppose I have reached that age where my grandparents are long gone and my parents, (if they are still around) have reached that "iffy"...

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