California Wildfires Are the Lesson We Never Learn
It is wildfire season in California. The first typically come in early to middle autumn when the land is dry as a bone and the Santa Ana Winds blow hot air to fan the flames. A spark here and the fire is started. A few burning embers caught up in the winds, and the fire [...]
Beware! Female Sex Addicts Are Lurking Among Us
There is a vintage Steven Sills song. It is called “Love the One You’re With.” That seemed like wise words in earlier days when not only the more responsible among us but even the young had less concerns. Today there are many things to fear, from food additives to terrorists. You can catch every kind [...]
Sarah Palin–What Becomes of Her Now?
Last night like just about everyone else, I sat in fron of the television, staring at election returns. I watched John McCain give his concession speech, which I found to be sincere and dignified. I watched Sarah Palin as well. She and her husband stood behind and to the side of McCain, looking a bit [...]
Lindsay Lohan and the Celebrity Personality Makeover
Sometime over the summer I was reading an article in the Los Angeles Times about San Francisco poet, August Klenizahler. I read how he was the bad boy of verse, and how he has alienated fellow poets with his critiques of their work. He has disenfranchised himself from the Academic literary scene by pronouncing [...]
Business Remains Steady for the World’s Oldest Profession
The world may be going to hell in a hand basket, but the world’s oldest profession is enjoying a steady business. According to an article in the the New York Daily News, business is pretty good. However, there is one difficulty–there is less business at the upper end, so to speak, where fantasy call girls [...]