Another Japanese Rice Burner

Another Japanese Rice Burner

American Motorcycle riders have a penchant for American made choppers like Harley Davidson. Anything else meets derision. When they see...

What beer is meant for

What beer is meant for

We’ve done it again. It’s another year, and the same tradition arises. It’s time to discover what beer is meant...

It’s a mother of a day

It’s a mother of a day

When we think of days like today, we assume it was something made up by Hallmark, just to sell cards...

Walpurgisnacht Kind of rolls off the tongue

Walpurgisnacht Kind of rolls off the tongue

Today, many people make plans for May day and Cinco de Mayo celebrations. But, this misses out on what some...

Just another everyday resurrection

Just another everyday resurrection

With over 2 Billion Christians in the world, today is a big day. It’s Easter Sunday: the day that defines...

Push the ides aside

Push the ides aside

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow included a poem in “Ultima Thule” (published 2 years before his death), called “The tide rises, the...

A bottle of White, A bottle of Red

A bottle of White, A bottle of Red

Billy Joel had a hit with a song (scenes from an Italian restaurant) with the phrase “A bottle of Red,...

Will your god set you free

Will your god set you free

Today is a day about everything and nothing. Coincidentally, it’s national nothing day too, which, as it’s name implies actually...

Just Give Up Now

Just Give Up Now

Procrastinators of the world unite: tomorrow. But, to all you quitters out there, we can’t put things off anymore. It’s...

Some are born great

Some are born great

There is a line in Shakespeare’s arsenal that few know where it comes from: “Some are born great, some achieve...