Lizzie Borden Killed Her Parents Here. Eat Hearty, But Don’t Feed the Ghosts
The house where Lizzie Borden may have killed her family is now a Bed and Breakfast lodge. This sturdy wood frame house in sturdy Fall River, Massachusetts hardly looks like a celebrated murder scene, but then so few really do. That is, until you look at them with the knowing eye. Otherwise would you know [...]
When Your Mayor is Dressed in Drag
Stu Rasmussen used to be a guy. Now Stu Rasmussen is best known as Carla Fong. Stu as Carla wears plunging neckline dresses and mini-skirts. Stu or Carla is sixty years old, so even on a good day and with movie star looks being sixty and wearing mini-skirts is a questionable strategy. Especially when you [...]
At Wal-Mart You Can Shop Till You Drop
By now most of the known world has read in the New York Daily News or elsewhere about the tragedy at a Long Island Wal-Mart, where an employer died after being trampled by a couple of hundred people. Apparently, he made the mistake of trying to hold them back and paid the price with his [...]
Leave Your Child in Nebraska–No Deposit, No Return
There are many laws, many rules, in fact, that seem almost like a good idea. Without the, I suppose, the road to hell would never be paved with good intentions. Case in point is the State of Nebraska and its “Safe Haven” law which was passe for all the right reasons.
What are those reasons? [...]
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 [...]