Let me set the stage for you.  It’s Friday night at around 8:50PM I am sitting at one of my favorite eateries, WoW (world of wings) in the providence shopping center with my buddies Jim and Mike.  I am having a beer as we eat hot wings hanging out waiting to hit the theatre to see the Watchmen movie at 10.  Having read the graphic novel, and knowing neither Mike nor Jim either one had read the comics I am ultra excited to see...

I didn’t have a fantasy, storybook childhood.  I know lots of folks had a tough early family life but damn it this is my blog so I am the important one.  Well, right now I am anyway.  One of the best memories I have as a child are of when my grandparents would come down from Indiana and visit for a week. My grandfather, Harry Cooper, was a train buff.  He would sit and talk with us for hours about all the types of trains and which...

As an airplane is about to crash, a female passenger jumps up frantically and announces, “If I’m going to die, I want to die feeling like a woman.” She removes all her clothing and asks, “Is there someone on this plane who is man enough to make me feel like a woman?” A man stands up, removes his shirt and says, “Here, iron this!”. Share...

I am a realistic thinker. Many of my friends see me as a negative person. I get very tired of telling them that I am NOT in fact NEGATIVE that I am thinking REALISTICALLY.There may be circumstances where delusional thinking may make one happier than realistic thinking, however there are things in life that are more important than happiness, such as facing problems and solving them instead of being deluded about them. Although I argue that...