Bilbo's Random Thought Collection

Yes, I know it's not Saturday, but since I'll be leaving later this morning for Pittsburgh to help celebrate my father's 90th b...

There's an elegant, if pithy, expression for putting the best face on a bad situation: putting lipstick on a pig . The idea, of course,...

The tradition of giving gifts at Christmas supposedly grew out of the biblical story of the Three Wise Men who came from "the East...

Well, winter is here in NoVa ... we had a wonderful day yesterday of what is euphemistically called a "wintry mix" - snow, sleet,...

I've often written about some of the telephone stupidity I've seen over the years. You've seen it, too ... from the guys in the...

If you thought December was going to be better than November, think again ... South African national hero Nelson Mandela died at the age...

I have to go to the dentist this morning, and so I need to spend some extra time cringing and whining in the bathroom. This, of course, lim...

We've all had the experience of getting - somehow - on e-mailing lists that deliver information in which we have absolutely no interest...

Once again, the time has come to designate our Ass Clown of the Month - the individual or organization that, because of its egregious behav...

You may have read of the recent spate of random attacks in which young people approach a victim and strike the person as hard as possible, ...