D. RANDALL FARO

Time for a little thinking-lite. Things that make you go: Hmmmmmmm. - If poison is past its expiry date, is it more poisonous or no...

My next-door neighbor called me some days ago to ask if I’d seen any suspicious activity at his place the day before. His reason for...

Getting back to normal. On the surface that sounds positive. Some things that used to be normal were good . . . and would be good to get...

The picture accompanying this post was taken in the far north of Namibia. It is somewhere northeast of Oniipa, a small cluster of huts...

D,s;;yslrd vsm trdi;y om noh vpmdrwirmvrd. Small mistakes can result in big consequences. The sentence above is the result of the first...

Some readers might think the connection being made here is stretching intelligent reflection. Such can be the case for individuals whose...

The things I remember about Mrs. Sandich: she wouldn’t have hit the five-foot mark in stocking feet; she was “really old” (maybe late...

From the great genius cartoonist, Charles Schulz. Linus (reading from book): “It says here that the world revolves around the sun once a...

A recent issue of Time magazine included an article about dreams. Foundational to the piece were comments on how the brain works. Noting...

I’ve beat this drum before. Time for another Gene Krupa solo. The world needs activists. Meaning, people who recognize the need for...

Back in 1966 The Mamas and the Papas sang these words: You gotta go where you wanna go / Do what you wanna do / With whoever you wanna do...

Is the world flat just because I think it is? Is the moon composed of green cheese just because I think it is? Will eating watermelon...

“There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.” Charles Dickens UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific...

Gratitude is good. We’re all thankful for some things more than others. Here are a few that, although toward the bottom of the...

Nicholas Cole wrote the following in a recent online article titled 20 Things Most People Learn Too Late In Life – “When was the last...

Phyllotaxis. Unless you’re a botany major, five will get you ten you don’t know what this is. To help make your day, I’ll tell you. It is...

A year ago today I almost kicked the bucket . . . bought the farm . . . bit the dust. Choose whichever lingo you fancy. While riding a...

Confucius said: “Life is really simple but we insist on making it complicated.” He could have also said that life can be really easy but...

PULL-TAB LIVING I’ll bet you 10-to-1 that you’ve never heard of Ermal Cleon Fraze. I’ll bet you 100-to-1 you’ve used his invention. In...

“I swear! I swear on a stack of Bibles, I’m telling the truth! Cross my heart and hope to die, I am not lying to you.” You’ve either...