Dart's View of Life, the Universe & Coffee
What is it with the things we save, the oddball items we somehow treasure? 1970. Miami Central High School. My senior year. My favorite teacher was my English teacher, Mrs. Barbara Jean Turner. She was a brand new teacher, one of the best, and actually only about five or six years older than I was […]
What if your automobile mechanic operated like medical care? Hmm…I am imagining several possible situations…. Mechanic: Sir, your battery is weak. So we duct taped a second battery to the outside of your front fender and ran wires to your engine. Customer: What? Can’t you fix the battery? Mechanic: No, this is our best option. […]
Who are we? What is our personality? What is our core identity? I’ve been thinking again. Always a risk with me. For whatever reason, I am always striving to decrease my faults and increase my better qualities. I grew up poor with loving but alcoholic parents, with my father dying when I was eight. I […]
What the holy living beaver hell has happened to Oreo cookies!? I have not purchased Oreos in some time. Maybe years. That is because I am a fat man trying to not be fatter. I have been trying to lose thirty pounds for the last thirty years. Anyway, once in a blue full May moon […]
For twenty-five years I drove the same route to and from work, a 12.4 mile distance that often took about 45 minutes but at times could take over two hours. The route included surface streets, turnpikes and interstates and traveled through several different neighborhoods. The neighborhood driving patterns varied depending upon the people and culture […]
It used to be if you needed to review an article to learn something, such as how to unclog a sink, how to photograph a hummingbird or whatever, the articles got right into it. Today there seems to be a trend to write articles longer than encyclopedias on the history of mankind itself. Or personkind […]
All of us have certain weaknesses. Some have challenges with automobile repair, some have difficulty dealing with government red tape, some can’t do math well. One of my major challenges in life is freaking stupid-ass blue donkey bicycle air pumps!!! I have experienced major battles with bike pumps in my history. By battles, I mean […]
That is what my wife told me. “Stop saying ‘Dumb Ass’!” Apparently I use that word frequently. Someone pulls out in front of me on the highway, “Dumb Ass!”. Someone posts something really, really stupid on Facebook, Twitter or Instacrap and I am frantically searching for the “Dumb Ass” icon to click on. Sadly, despite […]