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Sitting at the Bar with Clint Eastwood
I don’t really give a flying fork what any celebrity from Hollywood thinks about politics, global warming or any subject unrelated to pure acting. Their job is to entertain us and therefore make lots of money, that’s it.
Unless of course their name is Clint Eastwood, then I will listen. Intently. I respect Mr. Eastwood and this piece is written to show that respect.
Well, I didn’t really meet him at a bar Read More
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HOME
“Carson, it’s time for you to go home now. Get out of here while you can.”
My partners rescue me and tell me that from time to time, and I sure am relieved to hear it. I’m going home! Exhausted, I try to stay awake on the blurry drive home from my 36-hour shift at the hospital, but I can’t seem to turn my brain off from the flurry of messages and memories about my patients, ricocheting around inside Read More
Hit or Get Hit
I loved baseball when I was a kid; after all, it was America’s sport, at least when I was small. Ok, I was and still am a Cub’s fan, but I won’t tell you my favorite players when I was a kid for obvious security reasons.
So, of course, I went out and joined a little league baseball team, fast pitch, well, sometimes fast, usually wild hardball – or at least they were solid, hard rubber coated balls that hu Read More
Invented a New App
While I admit I’m not much of a techie, I do the basics such as texting (learned that maybe 5 years ago), emailing, viewing video presentations/lectures on my I pad etc. Heck, I even learned how to post some of my work on my blog and I try to do twitter a little, but then, I don’t really get the silly twitter – shmitter. Maybe now you will understand my shortcomings when it comes to marketing my novel and Read More
Father’s Day, Shmather’s Day, Part Eleven
There is only one day out of 365 that I only try to survive, hoping the daylight vanishes quickly and the darkness immediately escapes into the rejuvenating sunlight of the next day so I can rush off to work and be ridiculously busy.
And for that same reason, I didn’t go to church today. I wanted to, but just couldn’t do it. This is the one day out of 365 that I absolutely can’t go to a church service. Too m Read More
A Good Number
A Good Number
Not infrequently, I’m at a business establishment and I receive this question: “What is a good number for us to call you?” Now I don’t know about you, but I usually try to give nonexistent or disconnected numbers when I want to be called back.
Right?
In fact, I often try to leave a fax number for people to call so that I can destroy the caller’s fragile ears. Not uncommonly, I carry a lis Read More
Wile E. Coyote
WILE E. COYOTE
Some of you older folks may remember the Looney toon – Wile E. Coyote ( Carnivorous Vulgarus, Hungrii fleabagius, Hard Headipus Ravenous) and Road Runner ( Semper foodellus, super – sonic idioticus, Speedipus Rex), apparently broadcast in the 50’s through 80’s. Of course, I don’t remember it playing live on TV because of my young, tender age, but I have of course, watched many of these ed Read More
Get your house in order!
What to do in the morning before you leave for work to avoid embarrassment:
Since I’m a bachelor, I have total freedom to do what I want and when as well as how I want to do it in my house with no words from others to tell me otherwise. That is of course, unless the cat objects, in which case I just fight him for control of the Carson domestic kingdom. Sometimes I win.
This freedom of course, has its advantages Read More