Ollie Visits the Hotel California:  Chicago “Sorry to bother you in Beijing sir, but just had to ask a little favor.” “Oh, hey there Ollie, been a while. Where are you now?” “Chicago” “Really, well, I tried to clean up Chicago and reduce the horrible crime, but that mayor has the brains of a slithering night-crawler.  What can I do for you Ollie?” “Remember you asked Read More

Whiskey Blog/Josey Wales Contest Winners: I appreciate all the contest submissions from my readers. Since all of the entries were excellent, and the interpretations that the contestants gave of the deeper meaning of the quotes were quite deep and meaningful, there cannot be a single winner. Instead, everyone who sent a submission is a winner!  As far as prizes, I don’t know, I will have to think a Read More

I am impressed with the great submissions I have received so far from my loyal readers, regarding quotes from the movie: The Outlaw Josey Wales. I’m also inspired by my readers’ interpretations of these quotes and what these movie quotes mean to our daily lives. I had no idea this little contest would inspire so many and even more informative, was that Josey Wales had so many fans. May 1 is Read More

Some of my readers may remember my first world-famous description of my golf ball encounter on my back deck, and the questions about where it came from, or in fact, why it is there.  Some wanted to know an update, on what is next to transpire. Well, here it is:  I found a Nitro 4 ball in the stones in my front yard, this time, near the street, and then while watering my bushes, found another one, Read More

If you get a chance to read my Whiskey is Staring at me blog, then you will understand this photo from The Outlaw Josey Wales. Here is the new contest for my readers: If you have watched, or are willing to watch this movie, then submit as many of your favorite quotes that struck you the most or tickled your fancy. I reckon some will take the challenge. I will post the winner by May 1, the deadline Read More

I don’t know why, but every time I hear the word Whiskey, or in fact, see a bottle, it reminds me of the bar scene in the great movie with Clint Eastwood: The Outlaw Josey Wales. It is a great western with many scenes and quotes that I’ll never forget like dieing ain’t much of a living, or you gonna pull them pistols or just whistle dixie?  Ok, so it’s not exactly a romantic movie, although Clint Read More

My Response to the Writer’s Prompt Submitted by Reader Magdalena Standing at Frankfurt airport, realizing that her luggage was lost and with it, all the memories of her carefree life I was excited to finally be leaving New York City to start my new life as a model in Paris —certainly a glamorous career with lots of cameras and fashion shows with travel to interesting places all over the world and of Read More

Ollie Returns to School 41 He heard the ruckus and crashing noise down the hall as he walked towards room 102.  But he smiled as he limped with his trusty cane, and the smile was that of extreme confidence, and he began to sing the old basic training marching song he learned years ago, quietly, so no one could hear: I wanna be an Airborne Ranger, live a life of sex and danger —Airborne Ranguh!  Read More

Finding Truth and the Courage to Accept it In the movie, A Few Good Men, produced in 1992, starring Jack Nicholson and Tom Cruise, Nicholson’s character —Colonel Jessup, uttered these often- quoted words during questioning by the JAG lawyer Cruise in the courtroom: You can’t handle the truth! – This was certainly a powerful statement, that we all remember, after viewing the movie. Colonel Jes Read More

Medal of Honor Recipients and Keith McKim From George Orwell, in his book 1984:  We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm. One of those men is Keith McKim, a man I was honored to meet and talk to recently and the circumstances of this I cannot discuss.  Mr. McKim is a former Army Green Beret, recipient of the Silver Star Read More