Bilbo's Random Thought Collection

If you grew up in the 50s and 60s in a middle-class family, like I did, chances are you ate a lot of baloney sandwiches, both baloney and wh...

How can this month not be over yet??  Two children were murdered and 17 others wounded when a murderer opened fire on a church service in M...

This week, a special edition of Great Moments in Editing and Signage inspired by Der Furor's war on all crime not carried out or endorse...

A few days ago, Der Furor mused that he intended to change the name of the Department of Defense back to its original, pre-1947 name, "...

  I bought my first house in 1983. It was a three-bedroom, four-bath (two full baths, two powder rooms), three-level, end unit townhouse in ...

Chances are that you've never heard of the Swiss singer Erkan Aki. I hadn't, until I heard this song played for a slow waltz heat at...

Oy, vey ... Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wants Immigration and Customs Enforcement to use part of its huge budget to buy, own and...

Friends, I'm tired. I'm tired not just because I'm getting old and rickety, but because I'm sick of the news, sick of the st...

You've probably heard the term  lawfare , defined as "(noun) 1. the strategic use of legal proceedings to intimidate or hinder an o...

Cartoon Saturday is one of my longest-running theme posts, and ranks as the most popular by total number of readers and comments. I usually ...