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If the speed of light is 186,000 miles per second, what is the speed of dark? Why do ships have portholes but not starboard holes? Do you recall when calling one a politician was not [Read More…]
If the speed of light is 186,000 miles per second, what is the speed of dark? Why do ships have portholes but not starboard holes? Do you recall when calling one a politician was not [Read More…]
My wife really does not like to take me shopping. No wonder; shopping makes me miserable. And when I am miserable, I make everyone else miserable as well. Either we are spending money or we [Read More…]
This morning I was reading my tube of toothpaste. It said, “For best results, squeeze tube from the bottom and flatten as you go up.” I am trying to imagine the person who did not [Read More…]
If the speed of light is 186,000 miles per second, what is the speed of dark? Why do ships have portholes but not starboard holes? Who decided that all aircraft carriers’ islands are on the [Read More…]
Right after our son was born, a maternity ward nurse came in to say she was there to fill out the birth certificate. She asked what we planned to name our baby. We told her, [Read More…]
Some of us had our first ideas of what happens in emergency rooms, operating rooms and hospitals by watching television shows. You know, where three or four doctors who make six-figure incomes are pushing a [Read More…]
In the old days, you know, B.C. (before computers), newspapers had typesetters. If they needed to fill in a page of print, those guys would often insert little articles, maybe an inch or two in [Read More…]
I swore that I would never use this expression, the words only uttered by an old curmudgeon, but it must be stated: Kids today have it so much better than we did back in the [Read More…]
When I was a youngster, my folks took me to a speech pathologist. She recommended that my parents get a talking bird and name the bird something that would help me with certain sounds. They [Read More…]
We just got a smart speaker. We already have a smart phone and a smart television. So, in our household, I am now placed even lower on the bell-shaped curve of intelligence. Fortunately for me, [Read More…]
Begin immediately putting money aside. You will need to continually bribe your parents to tell your children how wonderful a child you were growing up. From the first time you and your spouse are awakened [Read More…]
When I was heading off to grad school, friends gave me a kitten. What do you say when someone does that? “Thank you” or “I thought we were friends.” They had already named it “Tigger,” [Read More…]
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