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Please read this slowly.  Read it alone.  Read it with someone.  Read it not just once.  Read it several times.  Then read again  These are not my words.  These are the words of the famed astronomer Dr. Carl Sagan. It was 33 years ago this month (February 14, 1990, to be exact) that NASA’s space probe, Voyager 1, which had been launched on Sept. 5, 1977, took one last … [Read more...] about February 18, 2023: Contemplating Life On This Tiny Blue Dot

I am struggling to come up with just the right word to describe the trip two lame duck politicians and their posse took to Europe this past November on your and my dime (aka, taxpayers.) Boondoggle, which is defined as “an activity that is wasteful or pointless but gives the appearance of having value,” is about the best I can do at the moment.  But, arrogant and insensitive … [Read more...] about February 11, 2023: We the Unwashed Get Hosed Again

I know you are very busy and I don’t to take up a lot of your time, but I think you need to see this. A firm called Diamond Rehab Thailand, which calls itself one of the leading luxury insomnia treatment centers in Asia (I’m not sure how many luxury insomnia treatment centers there are in Asia to begin with, but that’s a story for another day), sent a list of the Most … [Read more...] about February 5, 2023: Wonder Why We Are Sleepless In Georgia?

Sen. Brandon Beach, R, Alpharetta, has introduced Senate Bill 7, known as the “3G” bill or the “Gangs, Guns, Gone” bill.  It would impose a 10-year mandatory minimum sentence for anyone who uses a gun while committing or attempting to commit a violent felony, whether the weapon was discharged or not.  The 10 years would precede whatever other sentence might be imposed by the … [Read more...] about January 29, 2023: Random Thoughts on Random Subjects

On September 13, 2008, we got a call while at St. Simons that our grandson, Zachary Earl Wansley, had collapsed and died during a training run while preparing for the Atlanta Marathon.  Zack was the epitome of a scholar-athlete.  In high school, he had been president of the student body, captain of the track and cross country teams, an honor student and winner of the Journal … [Read more...] about January 22, 2023: Remembering The Good Who Die Too Young