woody's world

I think I am probably insane sometimes. The following account is true as best I can remember. I believe that I am a direct descendant from ...

In 1989 Sal and I bought our first new car: Ford Bronco II. In addition to other considerations we wanted an American made auto. The dealer ...

A hiatus in essays. I decided that I would wait until something good came along before writing again. Things in the world are so screwed up...

I just read a NY Times Op-ed piece on Global Weirding. (Thanks Jerry for the tip). I gotta say it really pissed me off. Not the article itse...

Lindsey Jacobellis. The press says, “The 2010 Games gave Jacobellis an opportunity for redemption, and while NBC didn’t climb aboard her ba...

Elsewhere I have mentioned eating strange things in Australia. Witchetty grubs (offered but declined) and ant bums are probably the strange...

For as long as I could hold a pole, I fished. Night fishing in the Long Island Sound yielded blowfish, porgies an occasional small shark and...

I was on the road back home from dropping my son off where he lives and listening to one of my favorite albums. I have listened to this alb...

Archie actually had a third lady in his life. Her name was Monica. She was never without Archie's picture. As far as anyone knows, Archi...

This “earmark” crap has gotten out of hand. Really? Now? For details go to the link from NPR but here’s the short version: one Senator (I h...