Awards Season has arrived!! Greetings Manoverse, and welcome to the 2020 Sammy Awards!! It is with no small amount of trepidation that we take a look back at a year that most would likely just as soon forget, but after taking a hiatus from these awards in 2019 the decision has been made to press… Read More The 2020 Sammy Awards – Part I
A semi-regular attempt to address some of life’s minutiae that might otherwise be overlooked….. – There was a recent controversy involving President Obama saluting a marine while holding a coffee cup in his right hand. Not surprisingly idiotic liberals (which is a redundancy) rushed to Obama’s defense like they’d run toward their child if heavy… Read More Points of Ponderation…..Episode 4.14
Well, I guess it is officially autumn. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. Pumpkins, sunshiny 50 degree days, candy corn, football, the smell of cinnamon & cloves, warm apple pie, hot vegetable soup, The World Series…it’s all good. But before we fully embrace fall & all it has to offer let us take a moment… Read More Heroes & Heels…..A Summer 2013 Retrospective
A semi-regular attempt to address some of life’s minutiae that might otherwise be overlooked….. Let me be clear. No intelligent, sane person would advocate racism. It was wrong 200 years ago when slavery was in full force, it was wrong a half century ago when public establishments had separate restrooms for blacks… Read More Points of Ponderation…..Episode 8.13
Words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling, like dew, upon a thought produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions think. Lord Byron A photographer is fond of visual prompts like light & contrast. A musician appreciates tones, chords, & rhythm. As a writer all I have are words. But words, when… Read More These Are a Few of My Favorite Words
Before I bestow the honor of being inducted into the Hall of Influence on new members, let us first refresh the collective memory and recall who has already been previously enshrined. On 9/27/09 the inaugural member was my Lord & Savior Jesus Christ. Then five months later in February 2010 we inducted The Rooney Family… Read More Hall of Influence – Class 3
Congratulations to the Texas Rangers and St. Louis Cardinals for grinding through the l-o-n-g baseball season and making it to The World Series. To be honest I was pulling for the Detroit Tigers because I have always been a big fan of manager Jim Leyland, who I believe to be one of the genuine good… Read More Winning & Musing…..Volume 8.11
Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me. It’s an expression some elected officials and media types would be well served to learn. When one has a public forum like this there is a certain sense of obligation to comment on significant events. However, one must exercise caution. I have… Read More On Political Debate, Senseless Violence, and The Constitution
Being Sammy Claus is kind of like being Frank Sinatra Jr. or the Vice-President…it’s a nice name that wields no real authority. However, in hopes that the real Santa may take a break from supervising the elves and doing important flight prep by surfing The Internet and being a faithful reader of The Manofesto, I… Read More The Sammy Claus Wish List
I’m pretty much completely off the Letterman bandwagon. I’d already begun to sour on him over the past few years because of his increasingly bitter and jaded schtick (and it has to be bad for me to be turned off because I do bitter and jaded pretty well myself) as well as his turn toward… Read More Random Thoughts 14
