Death Wish II

I don’t want to spend the rest of my life in Snow Shoe, Pennsylvania.

The Biggest Lie in Advertising

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Old Game Shows I’d Like to See Again

I’ve Got a Secret, Name That Tune, Queen for A Day, To Tell the Truth, 21, Video Village, What’s My Line?, You Bet Your Life

Old Variety Shows I’d Like to See Again

Carol Burnett, Ed Sullivan, Dean Martin, Gary Moore, Hee Haw, Jack Benny, Jackie Gleason, Milton Berle, Perry Como, Red Skelton, Steve Allen

New Pond Boss

There’s only one goose left at Gooseport, PA. This is a 2006 photo of Big Mouth (a.k.a. Jabber Jaw). He’s the new Mayor of Gooseport.

Farewell, Old Pal

This morning I found Broken-Wing dead, killed by a nocturnal predator. I fed him corn, grass and bread for eight years. I will miss him.

Old Sit Coms I’d Like to See Again

Barney Miller, Burns & Allen, Car 54, Fair Exchange, Mr. Peepers, Newhart, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Life of Riley, The Honeymooners, Taxi, WKRP.

Toilet Reading

Books you bought on an impulse or whim or at a yard sale and which are not really suitable for armchair or night-table reading.

A Person’s Life

eat sleep buy sell breed, eat sleep buy sell breed, eat sleep buy sell breed, eat sleep buy sell breed, eat sleep buy sell breed

Happy Holidays!

Mike the Obscure is taking a break from blogging until after the new year. He wishes everyone a safe and happy holiday season.

Beaver Town

This is what a nifty little beaver dam in central Pennsylvania looks like before three months of drought and then flash flooding destroy it forever.

My Life

The books I wrote and the one I’m writing now, this place, those two geese, that cat, being there for Mom.

This is my life.

A Cat’s Life

eat sleep poop pee play, eat sleep poop pee play, eat sleep poop pee play, eat sleep poop pee play, eat sleep poop pee play

NASA Window Dressing

After half a century of sending people into orbit NASA still cons the world into thinking that another “space walk” by astronauts is space exploration.

Untouchables

Dangerous sociopaths who behave badly all their lives and then hide behind their race, religion, ethnicity, nationality, gender and sexual orientation like cowards when caught.

A Better World

Life’s biggest challenge is not living your life just to suit yourself but doing something to help make this world a better place for everyone.

Get a Life

The cable news networks and their viewers have confused celebrity gossip, local crime and the marketplace debut of the latest “techno-toys” with actual worldwide news.

Religious Freedom

Religious freedom also means “freedom from religion”. That means not having to be scoffed at by arrogant religious salesmen right at you own front door.

This Old Goose

Broken-Wing probably tangled with a red fox before I got to know him. I call him Pond Boss. Sometimes he barks just like a dog.

Lame Riddle

Q. How can you tell a rich hillbilly from a poor one?

A. A rich hillbilly has two cars up on blocks in his front yard.

Point of No Return

Way back when, I learned about the concentration camps during World War II and my views on the world, life and "God" were changed forever.

This Old Bench

Yours truly made this bench about five years ago and didn’t bother to paint or varnish it. I used scrap lumber, too. Can you tell?

Going Tubeless

I stopped watching live television in 1995. I figured I’d seen enough lame sitcoms, sleazy dramas, stupid miniseries, weekend teen movies and commercials by then.

High School Reunion Disclaimer

I have never attended a high school reunion for the plain and simple reason that I have no pleasant memories whatsoever about attending high school.