I spend most of my day feeling like the rest of the world has gone loony.  A lot of things make me feel this way.  Today one in particular that irked me pretty good I just had to share with anyone reading this.  As I perused though the latest copy of my MAXIM magazine for men I realized that the world has TRULY lost sight of how utterly beautiful real women are. Fashion and show business are filled with a tiny unrepresentative sample of...

     The holiday season is always a double edged sword for me. I am sure I am not alone in what I am about to discuss, but at this time of year I sure feel like I am. No, this is not about my belief system, even though this time of year most definitely brings them to the forefront of my conversations and thoughts.Today I would like to share with anyone reading this how my family celebrates the holidays. Its part of who I am and I...

For those of you that don’t know me or have not yet read my bio page, I do phone support for a software company.  This post is going to be one sided but not the way you might think. Let me start by saying that an individual person by and large is a smart animal.  The human animal possesses the potential for great compassion, great understanding, great learning, great skills.  We can send a man to the moon.  We can land rovers on...

 Have you ever researched your own name?  It really is fascinating stuff.  When I was younger I was occasionally reminded by jovial teachers here and there that my last name, Cooper, was in fact also a profession.  It seems that a “Cooper” is a person who makes or repairs barrels.  While this is mostly true, through some good old Internet research I have come to know that my name is actually much richer and means so much...

Here is a partial list of some actors that are also great fine artists.  Most work either in the canvas and paint medium or in spoken work. Some have been doing it  along time others not so long.  I think these are all worth a look at! Dennis Hopper Martin Mull Pierce Brosnan Jane Seymour Cheech Marin Jeff Bridges Lance Henriksen Gary Burghoff Some of these guys I have linked to, others you will have to google. Share...

Well, I am very pleased to say that my son who has served for the last 5 years with the 101st Airborn out of Fort Campbell Kentucky landed back in the states at around 6:00A.M. this morning. He has served two tours in Iraq and he hasn’t yet celebrated his 25th birthday, which will be in February. I am more than proud of him as you probably can imagine. Laura and I were very glad to hear that he will be able to spend the holidays with...