Normally, I am a rather calm, cool and collected person. Actually, creditors trying to collect things from me, mostly money, are responsible for this and I have been offi cially collected. If I could only just collect my thoughts, but the pieces are too small and too few. Anybody who knows me knows I am not easily rattled by anything, except a rattlesnake. I let the chips fall where they lay because I know from whence they came. I am not susceptible to the various rumors that make their way … [Read more...]
The Vienna Boys Choir to Perform at Caltech
The Vienna Boys Choir will perform on Saturday, February 21, at 8 p.m. in Caltech’s Beckman Auditorium. The choir will sing a program of music that ranges from medieval to contemporary and experimental music. Motets and lieder form the core of the repertoire, as do the choir’s own arrangements of waltzes and polkas by Strauss. Tickets to this performance are priced at $30.00, $25.00, and $20.00; youth (high school age and younger): $10.00. Senior and student rush tickets will go on sale … [Read more...]
For Sale: One Lying Bathroom Mirror
Nobody enjoys privacy more than Yours Truly. I confess I am not a very happy camper when that privacy is compromised in any fashion. Recently, I endured a tremendous trespass on my privacy. One day last week, I got up as usual and tottered off to the bathroom for my accustomed bathroom routine. It was then I got the shock of my life of which I am not over as of yet. I am sure this experience will be with me many years down the road. I am not sure I need counseling, but maybe a day or two at a … [Read more...]
Whatever Happened to an Old-Fashioned Handshake?
I must confess I do have some old-fashioned biases. I would be the first to admit I’m not up to date on the latest fad or trends. I come from the era that believes the well-dressed man is one that doesn’t stand out from everybody else. I’ve tried to keep to that all these years. I certainly don’t want to stand out and have people recognize me or point their finger at me and whisper to each other. For years, I’ve been very careful about that. Now, it seems that because I try to dress like a … [Read more...]
Does Global Terrorism Diminish the Importance of Religious Freedom?
Just one week into the New Year (2015), an apparent terrorist sleeper cell near Paris, France unleashed its brutal attack upon the headquarters of French satirical magazine, “Charlie Hebdo.” Three Islamic radicals, now solely believed responsible for the deaths of 12 individuals, including two police offi cers, carried out what is being compared to the 911 attacks here in the United States. A simultaneous related hostage takeover occurred at a Parisian Kosher grocery shop just as the two … [Read more...]
