Space: Going Nowhere Slow

I don’t mind telling you, this shooting down of a Malaysian airliner over the Ukraine killing nearly 300 people is not only an enormous tragedy to the victims and their families but it has raised some old personal fears about the possibility of nuking it out with the Russians that I haven’t felt in decades.…

Keeping An Eye On The Road

  I’m Facebook friends with Steve Hartman. I doubt if  Steve is aware of that because he has tens of  thousands of friends and FANS.. not only on the internet but all over America thanks to his “On The Road” features aired each Friday on the CBS Evening News. His reports..mostly about ordinary people doing…

I’m Going Bald

Yup..you read that right.  Ol Lund is watching hairs die and fall to the ground  quicker than an old fashioned Jackrabbit hunt. Okay..bad joke; misspelled hare. But look, I have to find something to smile about because one of the few things I’ve had going for me all these years is a full head of…

Global Warring

  Bright and sunny outside today but I’m not buyin’ it.  Even though the radar is echo free at present, I fully expect the skies to darken into faux night time again by early afternoon followed in order by that familiar rumble from above then endless relentless waves of rain creating rivers of water gushing…

Give It To Me Strait

Sports Radio guy, Dan Patrick, always asks his listeners to call-in to his show on Mondays with their best and worst of the weekend. The subject should be sports related; I suppose but if I’d have called this might qualify. AT&T stadium, the sports palace Jerry Jones built for his Dallas Cowboys, was filled to…

Ray’s Longest Day

  I’ve been watching quite a few of the television documentaries about D-Day over the last few days, with more to come this week, I suppose, as we close-in on the 70th anniversary of the event next Friday June 6th.    Even 88 year old Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip, 92, who rarely travel these…

Crazy Horse Redux

Ruth Ziolkowski…the beloved matriarch of the family responsible for carving the Crazy Horse monument out of a Black Hills mountain near Custer, has died just a month shy of her 88th birthday. She’s being eulogized by people not only in South Dakota but all over the world as an inspiration to millions; a living example…

XP Exasperation

Bill Gates, Microsoft founder and gazillionaire: “Hey, Terry, How long have we had Windows XP on line now?” Terry Myerson, Exec. VP Microsoft Operations: “Well, let’s see, going on 13 years now I guess.” Gates: “Geeze,  that long? Time to get rid of it don’t ya think? Myerson: “Well, sir, we tried that with Vista…

Worm Food For Thought

Did you ever think when the hearse rolls by That  you might be the next one to die? They wrap you up in a clean white sheet And bury you down about six feet deep. The worms crawl in the worms crawl out The worms play pinochle on your snout. They eat your clothes they…

Helen Kogel’s Secret War

Imagine Moses tapping you on the shoulder saying to follow him up Mount Sinai and bring along your hammer and chisel because he has a really important job requiring your engraving skills. This is Moses, for Heaven’s sake, so you obey without question and soon find yourself involved in the most important, history changing, event…