Happy New Year to each and everyone! I hope you are off to a good start to the new year. This is the 1st edition of the 30 minute weekly menus for 2010. These weekly menus are published weekly; I like to develop the weekly menus on Thursday or Friday, do the shopping on Saturday…
The difference between those who bet on sports and actually win at them and those who bet and simply lose is that the former have more knowledge about the game and the latter, needless to say, have no knowledge of the game at all. It is for this reason that many of those who put…
When you really want to appreciate nature, solid structures are more of a hindrance than a blessing. When you arrive at a game viewing location in Zambia, you will find easy open structures of porous canvases and indigenous materials with the majesty of nature around them: the towering trees of the desert, the open house…
The stars known by three names represented all the responses in a category from a popular game show last week, and I correctly identified three of them. Van Halen’s David Lee Roth was the musical answer, while Billy Bob Thornton and Joe Don Baker were the two actors I recognized. For whatever reason, I had…
In sport fishing, almost no sport fishing species beats pillars. Comprised of tarpon, wahoo, marlin and tuna, these all-time favorites are what made deep-sea fishing the most enjoyed sport. For freshwater sport fishing, nothing beats classic bass fishing. To that end, the bass fishing industry and other related industries have evolved into multi-million dollar commercial…
Roger Maris played Major League Ball (MLB) for 12 seasons, from 1957 to 1968. He played for four different teams (Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Royals, New York Yankees, and St. Louis Cardinals). He appeared in seven World Series, winning three of them. He was a two-time (consecutive) American League MVP, seven-time All Star (1959-1962 2…
Why learn to serve wine correctly? If you have ever purchased a bottle of wine from a good restaurant, you may have noticed that the waiter not only opens the cork and serves you a glass, but goes through a specific process of opening the bottle, allowing the buyer tastes the wine, then pour it…
There are many mysteries surrounding a simple kiss. It could mean love, desire, or simply attraction. Consequently, people are confused regarding the motives behind a kiss. They find themselves with no idea what to think when a certain person wants to kiss them. For this column, two things will be discussed: kisses and attraction. Generally,…
Brokla: a story of things that fall apart is the latest satirical book in author Simon Plaster’s series of novels featuring a reporter from an Oklahoma town known as Henrietta. As with other books in the series written by Plaster, he does not beat around the bush and uses the actions and comments of his…
Garters are garments that are worn around the waist and are mainly used to hold stockings. The main feature of the belts are the adjustable straps. You must bear in mind that the straps are usually of different sizes; therefore, you need to be very careful when buying the belts. As a general rule of…
