The Coffee Table

The Power of Tribal Convictions I grew up in a tribe whose core teachings expected me to recognize science as reason, and to do everything...

Hall Closets

After 164-or-so-grueling months, the king is back. Bobby – Mr. Football – Petrino, everyone’s favorite prodigal son of a gun – has been re-named HC...

The Reel News

Pictured is Landon from Georgia, with this massive 7 lb. 10 oz., 25-in. rainbow trout. Caught with guide Robert Kennedy, with Busch Mountain Fishing...

This Week’s Independent Thinker

Did you know that the average American owns an estimated 250 pairs of shoes over a lifetime? Do you remember yours? What happened when...

The Dirt on Nicky

October is the orangest month Well, June and July went to Jamaica, and here we are. Now what? We are possibly only two weeks away...

Esoteric Astrology as news for week October 1 – 7, 2025

Forgiving, At-one-ment & Remembering – Festivals & a Shelter of Peace Disciples (New Group of World Servers) celebrate multiple religious festivals – Jewish, Christian and...

The Coffee Table

On the Wrong Side I subscribe to a major national newspaper that I peruse daily. But some days (often) I can’t stomach much. When the proverbial...

From the Back Porch

Stone soup redux Do two people looking at the same thing see the same thing? Do stories we carry from generation to generation mean the...

The Reel News

Pictured are Keith and his son, Jacob, from Kansas, with a 2-man limit of trout. They both fished with Austin Kennedy of Busch Mountain...

Hall Closets

Back in the early 2000s, two of my favorite URLs were geekfest.com and woopig.net. Both were message boards that provided platforms for peeps (anonymously...