Originally published February 14, 2008 A woman is suing Best Buy for losing her laptop.  Evidently she brought it in for repairs to the store she had purchased it from.   For months they gave her…

This is the second blog in one week about current bank life. Ever since my bank was taken over by another, it has been an unmitigated nightmare. Don’t worry, I’ll spare you the real depressing…

Tony and Melissa Wescott adopted a child with serious emotional problems in his family history, but they had no idea the information disclosed was only the tip of an iceberg big enough to sink another…

The world has been silent long enough, and I, along with the cowardly world, have refrained from my own passionate expression of outrage, but I can be silent no longer, for this is a matter…

Denny’s Restaurant has had great prices lately, really good deals to help us through this rough economy. Actually, Denny’s has always been reasonably priced. Yes sir, when it comes to cost, Denny’s is right on…

The plethora of storms in California last week were quite an adventure indeed, but nothing was better than listening to the weather reports. Every day, we heard that the next storm would be the worst….

Monday is President’s Day. Unlike Thanksgiving, Christmas, or even Groundhog Day, I’m not quite clear on exactly what we are celebrating. Once upon a time, we had two Mondays off around this time of the…

Between E Mail, Facebook, Twitter, fax machines, chat rooms, cell phones, text messages, and the ability to pay bills on line, people are discovering (big surprise) that they really don’t need to use the post…

The family of four finally finished ordering their Chinese food at Panda Express. The misunderstandings were cleared up. The unique specific questions had also been answered and all the subtle nuances to their order were…

“Gee, Bob, you really seem to have the life. When not teaching, you spend your time in a nice comfortable Starbucks, sitting in front of your laptop, either blogging or working on your radio show.”…

So far the trip to Willamette University had been fulfilling and productive.  Just the night before, my one man performance was enthusiastically praised by a sizable audience. .  This futuristic courtroom drama (Pandora’s Child ) …

I seldom have great experiences at fast food restaurants. I know I shouldn’t generalize, especially when the problem may be that a little black cloud follows me around, but far too often, the workers at…

We’ve all been in this situation. The waitress asks your party if they are ready to order. Of course, there is always one person in the group who is not ready. He or she says,…

I’ve often thought it might be interesting to be an invisible fly on the wall during some city traffic commission meeting while they decide how long to time their stop lights, especially left hand turn…

Throughout human history, whenever brave souls (certainly braver than I) have been adventurous enough to try some new exotic dish, the words that provide courage and lure them in for the kill are, “Try it….

Today’s commentary is light and unimportant. More correctly put, it is seemingly light and unimportant. I am going to talk about punctuality. That’s right, punctuality. Everybody has friends. Some of them are always on time….

Human nature can be quite predictable, especially in the ordinary situations of life. Whenever I go to the beach with friends, there’s a little game we play. I make bets regarding how long it will…

I don’t really believe in fortune cookies. I love Chinese food but the only supernatural predictions I take stock in come from God or anyone authenticated as God’s prophet. Nevertheless, we’ve all looked at fortune…

Murphy’s Restaurant Law Number One: The longer it takes them to bring you your order, the more it proportionately increases the odds that it will be made wrong when you finally get it. Murphy’s Restaurant…

If you listened to All Outdoors Radio on KCBQ at 4:00 PM this past Sunday, April 4th ,you heard, at the top of the program, a report about what had gone on in the studio…