Well, you’re here which undoubtedly is far better than having your face gnawed off by a rabid bear, but that’s probably not going to happen so let’s move on, ok? What is CopeWithMartin and what does it all mean? You probably think it’s about coping with me, Martin and to some extent you would be […]
I saw mommy Kissing Santa Clause..
For most people the song, “I saw mommy kissing Santa Clause” probably conjures up fun memories of Christmas, perhaps even caroling for old folks. It is, after all a Christmas time standard, but for me it was slightly different. I was about 5 years old the first time I remember hearing that song. It was […]
What kind of planet do you want to leave behind to your kids?
Now I’m pretty sure most readers here are not going to have much significant effect on the planet we live on, but that’s not really my point. It’s aimed at the much broader audience of people in general. We’ve all read a lot about global warming, climate change and the like lately, but few of […]
Have a little fun with Connect The Dots
OK, so it’s not the funnest game in the entire world, but it’s basically the same game everyone played as a kid on scraps of paper and let’s face it, if you never played Connect The Dots when you were a kid there just has to be something fundamentally wrong with your childhood, but it’s […]
A solemn and exciting demarcation
Having my first grandchild graduate from high school has made me think deeply about how this moment in a young person’s life resonates from the past and into the future, reminding me of my own and my children’s graduation. The above video is a snippet from the Livestream of my grandson Rigdon’s graduation yesterday and […]
A Usefull Kitchen Soap Dispenser
I’m sure you’ve seen more than your fair share of soap dispensers in your lifetimes so this in no way is reinventing the wheel nor the soap dispenser except to simply make those every day dishwashing tasks just a little easier and who knows, it might even save you a little scratch over the long […]
The Age of Pain
Or should I call it the pain of aging? In either case getting older isn’t nearly as easy as you think it will be when you’re young. If you knew what becoming sixty felt like when you were twenty you might jump out of a window to your demise before twentyone, but nature plays this […]
Cedar Planter Boxes
I’ve made several of these beautiful planters, solid red cedar and sealed with teak oil to protect them from the elements or they can be left untreated if you prefer the aromatic scent of cedar instead.. They’re for sale starting at $30 each and if you don’t live in the Columbia, SC area I can […]
My Political Jobs and Maybe Tax Rant of the Day
JOBS! JOBS! JOBS! We hear it every election cycle AS IF every politician has the magical solution along with “bringing back the American dream for ‘The Middle Class’”; fuck the poor! Unless there’s a major depression afloat there simply are no poor and nobody cares about them us. Oops, did I say nobody cares about […]
Why I’m a liberal and not about to change
I read the following recently on the website, http://www.quora.com and wholeheartedly agree with Daniel Albert’s article/comment so I thought I’d take time to share it in it’s entirety. From https://qr.ae/TUr8IH How do I make a convincing argument to someone who is a liberal that being a conservative is more compatible with their beliefs? Daniel Albert Daniel Albert, […]
Speaking Politics, Are We Insane Yet?
Well of course we are. I really didn’t have to ask such a rhetorical question, but I’m not even talking red states, blue states, party vs party. It’s just the sheer insanity and quality (or actual lack of quality) that makes it insane these days. It’s not just within the United States the insanity has […]