Hey, everyone! I learned a new word today; Holistic Medicine. It apparently means climbing into a hole, (hence the name hole-istic), then filling the hole with hot water and herbs in the hopes of curing what ails you. Obviously, if you lived near a hot-spring, things were a bit easier. When ancient, practically prehistoric, people …
Category: SemiIntelligent Observations
This Is The Last Time (or not)
I am about to throw my phone in the garbage. No, that’s too good for it. I am about to buy black-powder and… No not enough. I am about to contact North Korea and ask if I can strap my phone to their next nuclear test package. Oh wait, they don’t do that anymore, our …
The Quest For The Holy Tote Bag
All right now. Everybody needs to slow down just a little. Someone please tell me what it is with all these tote bags. And no one better tell me that we are saving the planet with these canvas marvels, because the opposite is true. I realize, this is the point where I get in trouble …
North Dakota Blues
“Fifty Nifty United States From thirteen original colonies.” If you have, or ever had, a child attending middle school then you have probably heard this song. They taught it to me when I was in fifth grade and to my kids even earlier. If you’re not remembering, then you might be in denial about your …
Perfect Rating
Let’s take a moment to think about perfection. La la la la hmm hmm hmm Okay that’s enough. Were your thoughts about the Supreme Being or perhaps last night’s goulash? Whatever it was, the problem with perfection is that it is all encompassing and yet subjective. Think about the lowly taco. If I asked ten …