Find your own handbasket, this one’s full

Damn, I’m a fairly gloomy person (at least on line, in person? I’m a laugh a minute.  Really) but this is getting ridiculous. Let’s recap, just for a moment, what is flooding in my computer this morning: Israel is bombing the crap out of Lebanon, and probably Palestine, too, when they get a moment. And […]

To Be 6 Again

I am not suggesting that the following story actually took place while Silly Old Bear was on vacation… but it could have. Ben was sitting on the edge of the bed, observing his wife turning back and forth, looking at herself in the mirror. Since her birthday was not far off, he asked what she’d like […]

Never forget

With all the focus this week legalizing discrimination against fellow Americans, it’s easy to forget the hell we have unleashed on other folks.  In fact, you might say that is exactly why we are even discussing gay marriage at this point – it certainly hasn’t been important enough to talk about for the last two […]