Bilbo's Random Thought Collection

Are you upset because people don't like you? Anxious to salvage your presidency? Here's an article from Forbes Magazine that may he...

You may well be tired of reading about various rules in this blog lately. After all, within the last month I offered some commentary on upd...

The first half of my list of rules to live by, published last week, was a big hit with everyone - numerous comments indicated that you were...

There's a lot of wisdom out there on the Internet, if you just know where to look. Hint ... none of it is on any website sponsored by a...

As I look back on my life and consider the lessons I would want to share with my children and grandchildren, I don't know if there'...

As I try to build readership in the lead-up to my sixth blogoversary (coming up on March 8 th !), I figured I might as well try using some w...

Those of you who came looking for this post early this morning (or at the equivalent time wherever you are) were probably disappointed to fi...

I think I set a new record yesterday for number of comments received on a single post. But since I can't write about armpits every day, ...

Our language is awash in all sorts of expressions and stories, the origins of which are lost in time or obscurity. You've no doubt hear...

We all know what a terrible scourge alcoholism can be, and what its cost to society is in terms of ruined health, broken families, and death...

When things are as bad as they are across the board (lousy economy, murderous religious bigots, hurricane Earl, Bristol Palin on Dancing wit...

By now you've surely heard of the flight attendant who finally snapped . Details of the story vary, but apparently it went something li...

One of the big topics of the day, earning far more newspaper column inches and hot air by volume than it is worth, is the push by the Cordob...

This time about five months ago, it was colder than a well digger's ankles, colder than a penguin's backside, colder than a witch...

I admit it. I enjoy watching television sometimes. I have learned a great deal from watching television: that I am hopelessly in lust lov...

Depending on how long you've been with me on this blogging journey, you may remember a post I wrote back on December 17th of 2006 on th...

Jobs are scarce in a lot of places nowadays, but there's one job that's always available. Not everyone qualifies, and not everyone ...

The mental connection that led to this topic began with one of the entries in an interesting online article I bookmarked last month: 20 Secr...

During the Second World War, Frank Loesser wrote a popular song titled "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition." It was written ...

There's an interesting article in CNN Online's Living section: Are You Man Enough to Date Tall Women? The article was written by a l...