Bilbo's Random Thought Collection

Back in October of 2017, I wrote a post titled "Why I Think the Way I Do." I try my best to understand people who see issues diffe...

The other day Agnes and I were watching the German TV show Galileo , which featured a report that was part of a series covering the experie...

I'm sure it comes as no surprise to you, Dear Readers, that I think Donald Trump is a complete disaster as president, and that I really...

Warning - this post deals with adult* topics! There are a lot of Wi-Fi enabled products out there nowadays, and they're being interco...

With all the other things going on this week as we speed into the new year, it's not easy to find the time to keep up with blogging, so...

I never cease to be amazed at the sorts of things some people will do, like get ugly and inappropriate tattoos or vote Republican. But I th...

Agnes and I don't watch all that much television, but when we do we have to grit our teeth and put up with the barrage of commercials f...

Those of you who have been with me on this blog over the last eight years know - as I told you at the very beginning - that my interests a...

I am not making this up, as Dave Barry would say. During an interview at the Screen Actors Guild awards , actress Jennifer Lawrence was ...

Yesterday, I answered the first two of the questions you posed in response to my "Ask Bilbo" challenge posted last Wednesday. Her...

Yesterday I invited all of you to submit your questions on any topic to ol' Bilbo, and as of this moment seven of you have responded. B...

This is another one of those mornings on which I have lots to do before I leave for work to do lots more. This, of course, truncates my tim...

Ladies, ladies! - please stop screaming and gouging at your eyes ... it's not as bad as you think. In her post yesterday titled Waiti...

My co-worker Brenda forwarded me an interesting link from the website I Heart Chaos the other day. Knowing that I am equally interested in ...

Because there are always a few people who don't get the original memo, we have a few more questions that have come in from those who wan...

Yesterday, I invited you, Dear Readers, to submit your burning questions to ol' Uncle Bilbo. In a world and a time when you can't g...

What you really want to know is whether or not Congress will extract its head from its posterior, quit firing cheap shots at the political ...

You may remember that cheerful, cheesy song from the classic musical The Sound of Music , in which the 650 children of the von Trapp family ...

At this time of year many of us think about mistletoe...men try to corner desirable ladies under it, and ladies try to avoid being cornered ...

Disclaimer: this post is for adults only. You've been warned. Since we are in the season when Christians celebrate the birth of the Chr...