10 17 03

Perhaps some of you out there might have noticed an ad running in that part of the paper soliciting bids for various governmental projects.   I suspect it might have read something like this:   “U.S. Bureau of Engraving is soliciting bids for advertisement...

10 27 03

Unlike the other sixty million young kids growing up in the sixties I was not one of those who wanted to be a famous baseball player. I figured if every kid I knew already aspired to be discovered by the Yankees, Dodgers and such, then what chance would there be for...

11 03 03

By the end of the week I sometimes find my self looking feverishly for some topic or another to write about before the weekend is over. I don’t know why I tend to panic since I’ve been at this for over fifteen years and haven’t missed a week yet that I can remember....

11 10 03

We recently performed a survey of the various newspapers which carry this column. We wanted to see if there was anything we needed to do to make it better. The results were interesting to say the least.   For the most part, those editors we interviewed said they...

11 17 03

Normally going into the grocery store isn’t any really big deal for me.   However, once you realize that you need to lose some of those added pounds and start out on a new diet to ‘change your lifestyle’; it becomes an adventure in terror. Case in point. Someone...