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True story: In 1993, pressured by animal rights groups, General Motors finally ended its decade-long practice of using live animals (dogs, rabbits, pigs, ferrets, mice) to test the effects of car crashes. Yes, they were putting sedated animals into cars, crashing them, … [Read more...]
The first car I ever owned was a 1966 Triumph Spitfire I bought for $250 bucks. If those were pesos, it was still a bad deal. It had an engine less powerful than a hand- held blender from Sears and a heater that was perfect if you were Frosty the Snowman and hated heat, or lived … [Read more...]
One day, I decided to surprise my wife, Katie, by working on one of her projects - repainting some benches for a Sunday School classroom made up of very short people - hero status here I come! I felt good, with my Parkinson's disease resting in the background. I went to the … [Read more...]
Ghost of Charlie, standing next to his dead body: My heart swells up with grief, and cholesterol from last night’s chicken wings, as I stand before you to lionize this great man as myself, who lies so peacefully, wearing a borrowed Gucci, in this wooden coffin. A man of few … [Read more...]
When I was a kid my dad got me started in sports. T-ball was my first experience. It really should have been called herd ball. Occasionally, someone hit a ball and we’d form a pack to chase it down. While my team fought over who was going to keep it, the other team ran the bases, … [Read more...]