Category: Ramblings

I remember back in the 70’s, my mother hosted “Tupperware Parties.” A gathering of chatty, middle-aged women, grazing on dip, “burping” colorful plastic containers and marveling over the Flavor Saver. Home parties were popular not only with Tupperware but with Avon, Mary Kay and more and housewives across America were… Read More "Disney Reinvents the Tupperware Party"

Yesterday, I wrote about the death of my 9 year old Chihuahua, Freckles. She passed away Monday from liver failure. Just a few hours after learning of her passing, I was scheduled to be on a 6:57pm flight from Ft. Lauderdale, FL to Newburgh, NY. I left Boca Raton around… Read More "Someone's got a case of the Monday's"

To say I started this week off on a bad note would be an understatement. This is part one! Let’s go back to last Wednesday. I took my one 9 year old Chihuahua, Freckles, to the vet. She was scheduled to have a hernia operation and I dropped her off… Read More "The Circle of Life."

What have we become as a society? Seriously. I’m sitting here tonight and my cell phone rings, and the conversation went something like this: Me: “Hello.” Him: “Hi, how are you?” Me: “Good, what did you do tonight?” Him: “Can I call you back?” Me: “I guess so,” So I… Read More "Thank You, Please, You're Welcome and Other Lost Arts of Politeness"

Advertising has been around since the first lady of the evening turned the porch light on. My favorite ads are not those we see today that were created with more technology than what was aboard the spacecraft that carried the first man to the moon. My favorites are the vintage… Read More "Syphilis, Fresh Coffee, Dacron and a DC-8"

I stopped for pizza tonight at what I thought was Pizza Hut. (Yeah, yeah. I know. I was a bad Italian, but I like it.) The place looked like Pizza Hut, had the aroma of Pizza Hut, but something was different. The “Pizza” was dropped from the company name and… Read More "A logo is, what a logo is."

Take a good look at this woman. This is 23-year old Cassandra Danielle Lauderdale and she ranks among the lowest of the low – the scum of the earth. What did she do to deserve these harsh words? She’s a cold-blooded murderer, but you won’t see her on trial anytime… Read More "All Creatures Great and Small"

Both the Wilkes-Barre Times Leader and Citizens Voice newspapers are reporting that yet another Luzerne County politician is set to go down in a blaze of glory. This time it’s Allen Bellas, executive director of the Luzerne County Redevelopment Authority and president of the Wyoming Valley West School Board. No… Read More "Isn't it ironic, don't you think?"

Today’s Citizens Voice newspaper is reporting on one hell of a deal Luzerne County Judge Peter Paul Olszewski Jr. got on a flight from Pennsylvania to Florida. The other day, I blogged about Olszewski and his visit with convicted drug dealer Ronald “Snorts” Belletiere and kids-for-cash former judge Mike “I’m… Read More "$400 Private Plane Trip PA to FL!"

The first time I met Peter Paul Olszewski Jr., was when I was in high school. I had an after-school job pumping gas at a local gas station where Peter Paul and his father Peter Paul Sr. had house accounts. The elder was still a practicing judge in Luzerne County… Read More "Peter Paul, Mike and Ron."