Bilbo's Random Thought Collection

Today we have a two-for-the-price-of-one Poetry Sunday. In 1927, American writer Max Ehrmann wrote an inspirational prose poem titled Desid...

It's hard to believe we're two weeks into July, isn't it? GOP presidential wannabe Jeb Bush was roundly criticized this week ...

It's a new month, and it's time for a new collection of "great" moments in editing ... Such moments are not limited to ...

I'm in a hurry this morning, but while I sit on the bus heading to work, I'll be uploading some mental software ... Have a g...

Today my oldest grandson Joe, big brother extraordinaire of whom I am proud beyond words, turns 12 ... one more year until he's a teena...

I watched a fascinating TED Talk the other day by Roman Mars titled "Why City Flags May Be the Worst-Designed Thing You've Never ...

The Fourth of July holiday is over for another year, along with all of the usual editorials, speeches, OpEd articles, and other hooplah ove...

Today marks the end of the Independence Day holiday weekend and the high point of the summer. It's a holiday for baseball games, picnic...

It's Saturday, July 4th, 2015 ... happy Independence Day! In Arizona, a man murdered two of his friends, then borrowed a backhoe to d...

The selection of a suitable dishonoree for our biweekly Ass Clown awards is usually difficult, because the field of candidates from which t...