You ever have one of those days where something in particular surfaces over and over again? The other night, I was watching an old episode of Andy Griffith and a relatively young Don Rickles portrayed a ‘misguided’ con-man. Nothin’ much to that, but upon flipping channels, not 10 minutes later, I happened upon the tail-end of the Bernie Mac show and guess who else was there. Yep, ol’ Don. Strange, but that occurs fairly often. Well, about 20 minutes later, I surfed out Jay Leno’s way and I’ll be damned if Don Rickles wasn’t sitting in that guest chair! Now, how does that happen?! Continue »

once again, our illustrious government is embarking on yet another redesign of the dollar. this time, we’re commemorating presidents, with consecutive pieces arriving every three months. it seems like only yesterday (or rather 8 years ago) we were inundated with the ol’ Sacagawea coin, the first golden dollar coin, which no one liked. before that, in 1979, we had the Susan B. Anthony, which no one liked; before that, in 1971, the oversized eisenhower dollar, which no one liked but i had collected a few. Continue »

it was a dark and rainy evening on my way home tonight. i’d finally left work around 4:30p and merged into the much overpopulated traffic flow of trussville’s “5 o’clock” rush hour. it actually starts closer to 4p, but it pretty much stays constant all day long. Continue »