I have struggled with what to say about this. The last time I felt like this, was after Donald Trump defended Nazis in the wake of the in...

Well it's finally June... so we all know what  that  means... As the rainbow flags go up on Market Street in San Francisco , the an...

The name of this rather modest internet effort (blog) has from its beginnings been "Funny Odd Thing...Life."  A reference to la...

I think I have it figured out... Like many people I have wondered how any American with any sort of conscience or common sense could...

When you are a kid, of the best moments was always getting to say “I told you so!” . There was an infantile schadenfreude at having ...

One Monday, November 6th, 2017 Congress was debating the Trump/GOP tax plan. U.S. House of Representatives Chaplin, Father Pat Conroy ...

This past week has been one of great historical and political contrasts. The passing of former First Lady, Barbara Pierce Bush, provide...

I am trying to like “Love Simon”. Really I am. From all indications the movie is the Gay high school Rom-Com that we have all wanted to...

A few excited Trump supporting friends of mine, (yes I do have friends who are Trump supporters, I consider it a form of missionary wo...

From the New York TImes: The Rev. Billy Graham, a North Carolina farmer’s son who preached to millions in stadium events he called cru...

I usually don’t respond to this sort of thing, but recently there has been a resurgence of Facebook based hoaxes claiming that big bad ev...