For those of you who aren't me…and I've noticed a surprisingly large number of people who aren't.
I Believe “Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.” If you don’t understand what this refers to, then I want to shake your hand. Because where I live the ubiquitous, THEY beat us over the head with the sappy holiday story over and over. I’ll give it a quick once-over for all of you to …
Continue reading *New* Santa Claus’s List: A Naughty or Nice Debate
With a song in my heart Oh, by gosh, by golly, it’s time for Mistletoe and Holly, and I think It’s The Most Wonderful Time of The Year. Time to get out the Oh, Tannenbaum, and set up the Jingle Bells. Let’s sit by the fire, on a Silent Night, and hear stories about Rudolph …
Lets start this off American Thanksgiving has passed, and that means the Christmas season has officially begun. Well, for me anyway. Others, like to start the holiday at various times. But I’m not really very concerned about them. This is my post and I’ll start Christmas whenever I want. So there. The reason I know …
Continue reading Unconventional Christmas Traditions That Will Make You Laugh
It's my anniversary post I just looked at the calendar and to my utter amazement, this week marks the eighth anniversary of my first post to the Sideways View. A lot of you will say congratulations, well done, good job, or even “Hey dirtbag, pay me that cash you owe me!!” If you want to …
Continue reading The Humorous Secret to Getting Noticed: Angering Taylor Swift
Worth the trip The other morning, I got up, dressed, jumped in my car, and drove for fifteen minutes to a hamburger stand. Why would I do this? They don’t serve burgers in the morning. What they serve is mediocre breakfast sandwiches. But they also serve an actual, honest cup of coffee. Some of you …
Continue reading Old-Fashioned Coffee And Computers vs. Modern Complexity: A Personal Take
Listen to the voices Like most of you I like to read, and have read many books. Like many of you I’ve actually written three books which have never been published. Like some of you, I’ve complained extensively about the publishing industry. And finally, like absolutely none of you, I’ve discussed this issue at length …
Continue reading Why Does Reading Have To Be So Complicated??
No thanks, I'll do it myself I was recently involved in a discussion about Self-driving Cars. My friends were discussing their pros and cons versus Idiot-driving Cars. Frankly, I went with the idiots. Computers wear out and fail. Whereas there seems to be a never-ending supply of idiots. I was driving the other day to …
Continue reading Why We Need Idiots in a Tech-Driven World: The True Story
Researching Research I’ve done extensive research on this, and I can state categorically that I hate doing research!!! What I know, I learn from observing stuff. For example; I know you should never take food away from a rabbit. This might sound a bit strange, but if you value your fingers, never ever do this. …
Continue reading Information Overload: When The Bizarre Thuth Is Too Much
Hungry memories When I was just a lower case Ohh there was only one cooking show I knew of. It was called The Galloping Gourmet. The chef was named Graham Kerr. My mother watched this show religiously, wrote down the recipes on cards, then put them in a box so they could easily be found …
Continue reading From Cooking Show Memories to Bizarre Culinary Quests: A Journey
I'm ready for my close up “Stand back all you boring normal people. You are dealing with a celebrity.” Gee, that was a bit over the top. Let’s try something else; “Of course you recognize me. I’m the charming and delightful Mr. Ohh!. No, I can’t give you an autograph, I’m out of the pictures …
Mr. Ohh!'s Sideways View 