When it comes to daily dress, a man should look like he’s ready for work or a fight. That’s it. Anything else is just gay. Besides an excellently tailored suit, a man looks ridiculous or too feminine when all his clothes come together to make a perfect “outfit.” A real man […]
Gary Scott
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A blacksmith can’t forge steel without applying a lot of heat and beating the shit out of the iron. Don’t worry about tough times or personal challenges. They’re just life’s way of applying emotional heat and mental hard knocks to forge a great, tough-minded, useful person.
I had to make a quick and very important decision yesterday. I was headed over to a friend’s house to help do some yard work. I had to decide which shoes I should bring. Do I bring something comfortable with a little bit of style that I actually like wearing? […]
I rode down the elevator with our office building janitor today. He’s a nice guy. Hispanic dude in his mid-forties. He speaks English very well which is great when you consider that the only Spanish I speak is what I learned on Steve Martin stand-up comedy albums when I was […]
The older I get the more value I place in accomplishing simple household tasks without having to bend over. Economy of motion becomes more important every year that passes. Why bend if you don’t have to? I’ve got a large picture window in the front of my house. The witch […]
I just realized I have a pet peeve – people who ask me how I “Ended up” living where I currently reside. That question always causes me to pause, think, and ultimately answer “I don’t know, how’d you end up where you are?” I guess, I got here by being […]
I’ve found that coconut is a very polarizing food. People either love it or hate it. There’s simply no middle ground. If you don’t believe me just go out and buy a couple bags of fun-sized candy bars. The kind you’d give out at Halloween. Get a variety of different […]
So, I’ve become one of the millions of lemmings who religiously follow and wait for new episodes of the AMC series The Walking Dead. I’m ashamed because, I never wanted to be one of the people who sit around, foaming at the mouth, in anticipation of the airing of a […]
It’s very easy to say “I’m too busy, I don’t have time for this or that.” Lots of stressors compete for your time. There’s so much to squeeze into the average day. Things like going to the gym, the grocery store, throwing in a load of laundry, and getting […]
We have a very unique company vehicle at my office. It’s an off-white 2013 Dodge Caravan. It was supposed to have a purplish-colored decal applied to its sides that had a shape reminiscent of a certain type of fruit. The decal didn’t quite turn out that way. While it does […]
There’s a lot of conservatives in the world who are on the fence when it comes to the topic of charity. Some come from the Christian right wing and donate a certain percentage of their income to charity without question. Their view is that their tithe is a donation to […]
I hear a lot of people complain about minor aches and pains. “Oh, my feet hurt from walking all day.“ These complaints usually come from soft, mushy people with the muscle definition of a manatee. They have never considered exercise as an intentional choice endeavored to keep their bodies in […]
I have an app on my phone with an alarm that sounds like birds chirping. Pleasant morning chirpy birds. You can choose from a number of built-in sounds, but I thought that hearing the sound of birds in the morning would be a great way to wake up. The app […]
I like to think about the creative process. How ideas originate – that sort of thing. It seems every great idea was spurred by an idea about something else. For instance, today I was just hanging on my patio enjoying the perfect weather. It was about 75 and sunny. […]
The guy that cleans our community office bathroom has a knack. It seems, his bathroom cleaning schedule is astrologically linked to my dumping routine. No matter when I go in there to take care of my daily newspaper reading, in the room he comes, whistling, with his mop in hand, […]
I think everyone know’s someone who makes a public display of their good deeds. You know who I’m talking about. Loud, boisterous people whose efforts pander to showcase their wonderful acts of kindness and generosity. "Look at me! I’m being generous!“ Their efforts aren’t necessarily to help anyone in particular, […]
Did you ever stop and analyze the things that you do alone that you would never do in a million years in front of someone? Booger picking, butt scratching, ear-hole digging… That sort of thing. But those behaviors are just the tip of the iceberg. It’s like your public self […]
You know today I thought a lot about the statement above. I’d say that there have been definite periods of my life where I’d actually have looked down on someone for saying a phrase like “Life is about being happy.” I’d consider them a malingerer, a loser, or a bum. […]
This year’s Masters golf tournament leader board sounds like a rendition of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas: “On Walker, on Woodland, on Oosthuizen, and Spieth! On Bubba, on Bjorn, on Senden, on Blixt!”
I want to freely admit something. I am a men’s NCAA college basketball fanatic. It’s one sport around which I’d truly schedule my life. I know that sounds nuts. But I’d say, besides watching the Packers beat the Bears, it’s my only true sports weakness. This is the golden time of the […]