Author: Jim Richardson

I just took a look at the New York Times 100 notable books of 2011. I haven’t read a single one of them.  I’m actually a bit surprised, while not as voracious a reader as I used to be, taking a look at my Kindle, I do see that I have read more in the… Continue reading I must be finnicky

Sproing!!!! Isn’t that the cartoon sound made when something amazing happens? Here in Colorado, Spring is making its traditional one foot forward, two feet back appearance. Yes, we did have an unusually mild winter, with hardly any snow, but that doesn’t mean that it didn’t get cold, or that spring is not going to continue… Continue reading Sproing!!!!

If you’ve read much of anything I’ve written here, or if you know me in person, you might have figured out that I have a low tolerance for people who bring things on themselves and then try to blame something or someone else. There is a news article out today about a 30-year-old mother of eight… Continue reading You Just Can’t Fix Stupid

Dear Senator and Congressman: According to reliable news reports, 47% of you are worth at least a million dollars. The average Senator is worth nearly 2.5 million dollars, 110 House Republicans and 73 House Democrats report their net worth as over 1 million dollars. How can you be wealthier than 99% of the rest of… Continue reading An Open Letter to the Congress

Before Ryan Seacrest, there was Dick Clark. When I was a kid through the 1960’s, you could hardly turn on a television, or listen to the radio without seeing or hearing Dick Clark, or being influenced by decisions he made. From hosting American Bandstand, to the game show Pyramid, to his annual New Years Eve… Continue reading So Long, Dick

For a few years now, a lot of young people have been clamoring to either eliminate Social Security, or vastly modify it. More recently, many of the right-wing Tea Party branch of the Republican party have also been in favor of vastly reduced social welfare plans such as Social Security and the state-run SSI programs. Social… Continue reading Be Careful What You ask for ….

Wikipedia says that one definition of Narcissism can mean egotism, vanity, conceit or simple selfishness. While I don’t like to admit that I often use Wikipedia, lets face it, where the youth of today are concerned, the synonym for narcissism that best fits is simply selfishness. Yeah, yeah – I know that young people need… Continue reading Narcissistic Youth

One of the more memorable I Love Lucy episodes had Lucy doing a TV commercial to try a sell a product named Vitameatagegamin.  An opinion piece in the New York Times made me think of that old episode, although I’m not quite sure why. The article, entitled The Myth of Sustainable Meat by James E.… Continue reading Vitameatavegamin

Last week a story in the Denver Post reported that a police officer in the Denver suburb of Westminster was fired after being involved in an investigation about high school students passing around a naughty video of a couple of their classmates. The article said that restrictions surrounding personnel matters prohibit the Police Department from… Continue reading When good laws go bad

Let’s be clear right up front. I don’t smoke pot. I don’t eat it in brownies or bread, but personally have no particular feelings about it one way or the other. Without having any personal experience, I’m assuming it isn’t really much different from alcohol, a legal, but well-regulated substance that adults have no problem obtaining,… Continue reading Medical Marijuana

It’s probably no big secret to anyone that knows me that I would rather be completely uninformed rather than rely on Fox News as a “news” source. I put it in quotes, because rarely does Fox News, rather it be a local channel or the national network, merely relay the news. Gawker.com has a new columnist,… Continue reading PotPourri