My three o’clock appointment today was one Randy Spassvogel, trade association representative for the Humorists’ Association of Cartoonists, Kibitzers, Stand-up Comedians, Allied Media Parodists and Satirists. Under the circumstances, I couldn’t resist. As he settled into the chair across from my desk, I just had to do it. “Knock, knock.” Spassvogel threw me a quizzical… Continue reading First Family Redux
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Rock-a-Bye Recession
Today, I drove over to Fairfax and did my part as a good Catholic, attending the confirmation of a pair of twins. They were my sisters’s brother’s wife’s children, and no, I’m not their godfather, that honor fell to my sister’s husband’s brother’s wife’s brother, an Irish police detective from Chicago. All of my sister’s… Continue reading Rock-a-Bye Recession
Ya Pays Yer Money and Ya Takes Yer Chances
First thing this morning, I had an appointment with one Cassandra Wymiotowac, Senior Public Relations Advisor to American International Group, better known as AIG. The woman was all business, that’s for sure – she entered my office, shook my hand and got right down to brass tacks. “Mr. Collins,” she began, “this is just one… Continue reading Ya Pays Yer Money and Ya Takes Yer Chances
Don’t Believe Everything You Hear in the Wilderness
I was driving home through the August heat soup to an ice cold Bombay Sapphire and Stirrings tonic when my Blackberry cut loose with my latest ring tone. I didn’t answer it, of course, since doing so would turn me into a particular sort of person I despise – that jerk driving down the road… Continue reading Don’t Believe Everything You Hear in the Wilderness
Old Soldiers Never Lie, It Just Sounds That Way
Henry Clay, who died 156 years ago this last June 29, contributed quite a few things to American history. Some put him in the top ten politicians to ever hold federal office. The man certainly kept busy, that’s for sure, almost single-handedly starting the War of 1812, acting as the chief architect of the Missouri… Continue reading Old Soldiers Never Lie, It Just Sounds That Way