Ramblings of Silver Blue

Sorry, I’ve had my fill of seeing bumper stickers that say “Not All Who Wander Are Lost.” So, I think I should come up with my own (see the title). Or, perhaps, “It’s after 7 pm. Have your rates gone down?” (In homage of the old telephone pricing schemes.) Anyway, Monday was different — I’m [...]

From CNN.com: On Sunday, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Bush will not sign any war spending bill that penalizes Iraq’s government for failing to make progress. Lacking the votes to override a veto, the Democratic-led Congress is considering a revised plan to pay for the war while requiring Iraq to meet benchmarks for progress. [...]

Industry analysts believe we will see $4-per-gallon gas prices this summer. Cost of living isn’t EVEN coming close to keeping up.

The question is: Do you use bacon grease? We were raised on bacon grease (lard) as kids and even into adulthood. I will never use it again. I hope you will throw yours away whenever you fry bacon from now on. It seems as though nothing is safe to eat anymore. I just threw out [...]

The weekly photo of me. You may not be interested, but I’m doing it so I have a visual history of my journey.

G’morning everyone. Monday certainly came quickly, didn’t it? With it, we start the cycle all over again. I’d like to know who thought that five on, two off was a fair trade. I’d also like to know what happened to the premise that by the year 2000, we’d all be working less and having more [...]