Roger L’s Blog

By Roger L Last updated: Wed Nov 18, 2009 8:05am PST
  • The Film That Changed America

    By Roger L, on Wed Nov 18, 2009 8:05am PST

    Gather around all you young people and let me tell you about a film that changed America.  Almost by itself, this one movie took our middle class, hopelessly mired in the bible belt of the fifties into the swinging seventies and eighties.  You…

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  • A Salute to our Veterans

    By Roger L, on Sun Nov 8, 2009 7:18pm PST

    As a person who not only was never in the military but also in fact an avid anti Viet Nam, war protestor I should be the last person to write anything about Veterans Day observations.  Yet here I am putting pen to paper or I should say keystroke to screen about…

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  • The First Pink World Series

    By Roger L, on Thu Oct 29, 2009 5:27am PDT

     

    The New York Yankees again made history Wednesday night in the opening game of the World Series.  I'm not talking about their brand new billion dollars plus stadium or their continuing record of appearances.  The Yankees making news in baseball's…

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  • Blog Stew

    By Roger L, on Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:04pm PDT

    I titled this piece 'Blog Stew' but maybe 'Virtual Ratatouille' would be a better name.  Lately I have come across some very interesting web sites that have been either too short or too long to write a blog about.  I have decided to take the…

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  • A whine About Wine

    By Roger L, on Sat Oct 3, 2009 6:44pm PDT

    The wife and I have been enjoying a bottle of wine in the evening lately.  After trial and error, we narrowed the variety we like down to a few types.  The problem we have uncounted has been the brand of the variety.  I have to assume there…

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  • The Economy, it's in the Shorts

    By Roger L, on Tue Sep 1, 2009 4:56pm PDT

    According to an article in the Washington Post .com Business section some economic analysts are using the sales of men's underwear as an indicator of how our economy is doing.  The article states that men tend to buy underwear at a steady rate, as they need…

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  • 25 Lessons in Life

    By Roger L, on Fri Aug 14, 2009 8:19am PDT

    After reading Alistair Humphreys blog entitled "23 Things Learned in 50 years, a partial list in no particular order." http://www.alastairhumphreys.com/2009/07/23-things-learned-in-50-years-a-partial-list-in-no-particular-order/ " I thought I would try to come up with my own.  I… Read More »

  • Don't Leave Your Kids in the Dark

    By Roger L, on Fri Aug 7, 2009 7:34pm PDT

    The other day my sister called and said, she had some questions for me.  She's filling out passport papers for her trip to Cancun and she needs some info.  Let's see Dad's birthday was 2/16/18, right?  I said yes, then she said,…

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  • User post: Can a Man Drink a Girly drink?

    By Roger L, on Thu Jul 30, 2009 6:21pm PDT

    First off let me say I am a man (I know I've checked my DNA), I am not gay although I have no problem with other people who are and sometimes I have been known to be too macho.  All that being said, there are a few things I need to admit to.  There are just…

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  • The Key to a Lasting Marriage

    By Roger L, on Sat Jul 18, 2009 7:04am PDT

    July 20 is my thirty-ninth wedding anniversary, why yes, thank you very much it is quite an achievement.  People have been asking me the secret of having a marriage that has lasted this long in fact so often I have been pondering an answer.  I read a blog in…

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About This Author

After working straight for 47 years in I am now retired and living the good life. My younger bride still has a few years left before she can join me. With money a little tight I find myself at the computer more and have started writing.