The Rambling Taoist

I just finished watching the 2004 documentary, The Corporation . I would suggest it for any of you who need to sober up quickly after a nig...

In November 1963, I was a 1st grader in Mrs. Thrall's class at Hale Cook Elementary School in Kansas City, MO. I had just turned 6 yea...

For the past 2 years The Rambling Taoist has been the labor of love of one solitary individual. However, as we move into our third year, m...

It should shock no one to learn that Saddam Hussein is dead. While there seems to be a lot of jubilation in various parts of the US, a grea...

When my wife & I moved to Aberdeen from Salem, people told us to be prepared for more rain. That was quite okay with us as we like the ...

My brother and I were talking last night about the group, Mensa . It's a social group for eggheads. There's only one requirement f...

It should be more than obvious by now that I'm NOT a big fan of the Christmas season. It irks me to no end that a lot of my favorite ra...

Though I no longer celebrate the Christmas holiday -- there's no decorated tree, holly or tinsel in our house nor ANY depictions of a bu...

According to a recent AP-AOL news poll, over 80% of Americans believe in angels and I don't mean the kind who play pro baseball in South...

I'm sure most of us know the story about the morbidly obese man who doles out gifts and trinkets around this time of year -- each and ev...

With the college football bowl season in full swing, it hearkens me back to my pigskin glory days. Ah yes, the roar of the crowd, the parti...

Oh yes, I'm the great deflector Pretending that I will stand true The need is such I deflect so much To ensure that most states remain b...

For reasons I can barely fathom, my wife likes to watch the TV show 7th Heaven. In tonight's episode -- of which I watched very little ...

I've always looked far younger than my years. Once, when sent to purchase wine for a party (a rather interesting choice since I don...

Over the course of the last 2 years, I've written several times about a strange enterprise -- Linda Christas . It's supposedly an e...

I thought that, once the election season had come and gone, I would have more time to devote to blogging. It seems that I forgot about what...

As a species, human beings are quite odd. We spend our lives trying to control everything around us and yet, the few things we're are a...

American consumers are fickle, probably more so than any other nationality. For years -- while scientists warned of impending oil shortages...

In most areas of life, lying gets you in trouble. Lie to your parents and most children receive some degree of punishment. Lie in school a...

Back when I was a wee lad, the air waves weren't inundated with advertisements for prescription drugs. No, I grew up in a time in which...