It’s next year’s smash “Must Have” Christmas gift. Eager consumers will be lining up like penguins in the freezing cold outside Macy’s at 3:00 a.m. on Black Friday clutching their Visas. Shark Tank producers will be begging me to appear on their show. And yes, Mr. Wonderful, I’ve got a patent pending (well, patent pending, […]
It’s supposed to promote tourism. Oregon has over a dozen of them. Specialty license plates that drivers can order in lieu of Oregon’s generic fir tree plate. Among them are the Salmon plate, the Cultural Trust plate, the Amateur Ham Radio plate, and the Wine Country plate. The picture on the Wine Country plate is […]
I didn’t set out to hold the undisputed title of World’s Worst Fly Fisherman, the victory just fell in my lap. Kind of like winning the lottery, except in reverse. There’s no pot of gold at the end of this rainbow. Perhaps it was my destiny. You see I was raised by a bait fisherman […]
After careful consideration and deep soul searching, I have decided to quit my job and become a doctor. No, I didn’t say go to medical school, don’t be silly. I’m much too old for that. I’ve just decided to become a doctor, as in start telling people I’m a doctor and begin practicing medicine. I’m […]
If you don’t believe in time travel, and surprisingly, many people don’t, then you haven’t flown commercially in the last thirty years. The next time you’re standing at the ticket counter schlepping around for your picture ID and trying to convince the agent that your check-in luggage doesn’t contain a tomahawk missile, look carefully. That […]