Archive for September, 2010

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LIFE EXPLAINED, PART 740

Posted on: September 27th, 2010 by Bob Crespo No Comments

When life hands you lemons, slap life around until it hands over the [...]

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THE ONE AND ONLY ANSWER MAN

Posted on: September 27th, 2010 by Bob Crespo No Comments

Greetings, folks. That’s right, It’s Answer Man Time! Here’s how it works: you ask me a question, I answer it. A simple concept, but effective. Submit questions only. Don’t send me statements, since they are not questions and there is [...]

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LIFE EXPLAINED, PART 739

Posted on: September 20th, 2010 by Bob Crespo No Comments

The only thing worse than a mime is 2 [...]

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THE KNOW NOTHING PARTY MAKES A COMEBACK!

Posted on: September 20th, 2010 by Bob Crespo No Comments

Everything old is new again! Like fashions and disco music, some Americans have revived one of our old political parties, the Know Nothing Party, later renamed the Native American Party and then simply the American Party. It’s been renamed yet again, [...]

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LIFE EXPLAINED, PART 738

Posted on: September 13th, 2010 by Bob Crespo No Comments

Things are almost always just what they seem to be. Your senses aren’t fooling you, there’s no magic involved and anyone trying to explain away reality has an ulterior [...]

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NOT GETTING IT QUITE RIGHT

Posted on: September 13th, 2010 by Bob Crespo No Comments

With the best of intentions, we still screw up. We all want to build a better world, to live in peace, prosperity and brotherhood and leave our children a world where they can flourish. We may have different ideas of how to go about that, but any attempt to [...]

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LIFE EXPLAINED, PART 737

Posted on: September 9th, 2010 by Bob Crespo No Comments

When good things happen to you, don’t act like you don’t deserve it. You don’t, of course, but don’t insult life when it gives you a gift. Take it, and live it [...]

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THE CRESPO TWINS MAKE A GRAND ENTRANCE

Posted on: September 9th, 2010 by Bob Crespo 1 Comment

September 8th, 2010, 8:30 AM, a sunny late summer day, a good day to be born. The Yanks are playing an early one this afternoon. Have to see what I can do about letting the babies hear the broadcast of the game, get them used to it. Off to Staten Island, [...]

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LIFE EXPLAINED, PART 736

Posted on: September 7th, 2010 by Bob Crespo No Comments

He who laughs last is slow on the uptake. He who gets it much later is he who laughs [...]

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MODERN UNION BUSTERS

Posted on: September 7th, 2010 by Bob Crespo No Comments

As usual during economic hardships, the right wing is going after the unions again, trying to convince America that the organizations most responsible for gaining for every American worker an 8 hour work day, overtime pay, safety regulations, workers’ [...]