Random Thoughts

Well, I am finally on the road to recovery after my second bout with swine flu (though neither was ever actually diagnosed by a licensed physician).  I couldn’t quit following the minute-by-minute analysis of the global epidemic (or is it a pandemic?), complete with the Veep’s warnings, school closures, and […]

As if people don’t have enough to worry about these days…I cannot apologize enough for the length of time that has lapsed since the last issue of FWIW.  I can’t tell you how many people have come up to me over the past few months, asking if they had been accidently […]

As I sat in the crowded theater the other night, giddy like a schoolgirl with excitement for the latest summer blockbuster, I couldn’t help but notice…where are all the men?   After all, this movie was based on that hit HBO television series and has been much ballyhooed within the entertainment […]

A few weeks back, Men’s Fitness magazine bestowed upon Houston the supreme honor of being the fattest city in the country.  This announcement represented the fourth year that we have been duly recognized in such a “flattering” manner.  Almost immediately, locals were outraged.  Many canceled their long-standing subscriptions to this […]

(Well, at least, the more decisive ones did.)  Over the past 18 months or so, we had the extreme pleasure of getting to know our exceptional candidates; their hopes and dreams for the future; their specific visions and policies for the one remaining Superpower.  We marveled over their impressive experiences […]

I consider myself somewhat of a connoisseur of good intelligent television (with decades of very practical experience).  I grew up watching Herman head off to work at the mortuary each day and Uncle Joe “moving kinda slow at the Junction.”  I was amused by the rowdy antics of the Sweathogs […]

While I “enthusiastically” welcome the dawning of my fifth decade (no, that doesn’t mean I’m turning 50), I occasionally  look back on my earlier years to relive the glory days from my past.  I take myself back to the hallowed halls of Bellaire High School where I was considered somewhat […]

When I went to sleep last night, all was good in my little world.  The Astros were ahead by several games in the National League Central; the Texas Longhorns were 2-0 and primed to make a run at the NCAA Championship; one of my best friends (and niece) was preparing […]

Each day I read the Wall Street Journal (or local business press) and get the feeling that the “sky is falling” as the domestic economy comes to a literal standstill.  The unemployment rate is climbing as layoffs force more and more hard working Americans to look for jobs.  Manufacturing is […]

What do you get when you cross a plummeting stock market (with no end in sight) with countless “new” investors (with unrealistic expectations) with a litigious society (in which no one ever takes any responsibilities for their own actions)?  Well, you’re about to find out.  Over the past year, the […]