Ogre and Ogre, again

So far from what I’ve seen, it’s pretty unanimous: Shrek 2 Review Can an ogre live happily ever after? Can fairy tale characters be content with their fairy tale lives? Can an Oscar-winning animated success generate a successful sequel? To all these questions, “Shrek 2” is happy to answer yes, yes and yes. A key […]

Cold Turkey

This relates to my last post about oil and gas prices. Cold Turkey, by Kurt Vonnegut. When you get to my age, if you get to my age, which is 81, and if you have reproduced, you will find yourself asking your own children, who are themselves middle-aged, what life is all about. I have […]

$3 a gallon. Not a typo.

This guy may be a nut, or he may not: Dallas oil tycoon Boone Pickens is predicting gasoline prices may top three dollars a gallon in the next few months. The 75-year-old oilman has been almost alone in his assertion that oil prices are likely to stay well over 30 dollars a barrel. Now, he […]