John's Blog

One year, a husband decided to buy his mother-in-law a cemetery plot as a Christmas gift.The next year, he didn't buy her a gift.When she asked him why, he replied, "Well, you still haven't used the gift I bought you last year!"And that's how the fight started...**********************************...

I had the privilege of meeting "Ted" on more than one occaison. The first was when he spoke at my high school graduation more than 3 decades ago. At the time he was involved in a bitter dispute with his constituents over desegregation and the issue of forced busing. Most of his constituentcy was...

Seems like just yesterday that the party of No was touting these folks as just what America needs.     I think if you get scrape the bottom of the barrel a little bit more you just might find someone worse but I admit it will be difficult.  Maybe we could get Peter King   I suppose that he would ...

According to several reports, most recently CNN, Chinese drywall has been emitting a corrosive gas that is threatening homes built over the past 5 years that have used this product. Knauf Plasterboard Tianjian and L&W Supply Corp. are two companies being investigated for selling drywall containin...

My wife and I have been having a hard time dealing with the loss of our most recent baby who passed away at the end of December. We had a lovely Shih Tzu before him as well and are feeling like we probably will want to adopt another in the coming months. I do not want to get one from a puppy mill...

The S&P has reached an intraday trading level of 800. The dow Jones industrial average has climbed by 300 points. Housiong has led us into this mess and housing should be leading us out. Let's let the Geithner toxic asset plan have a chance and let's start to be optimistic that we can climb out o...

I am an admitted history loving person. I do not profess to know it as well as I should however. I have had the priveledge of being born and having lived in Quincy Massachusetts for almost all of my life. We have a wonderful history to be proud of. My thought for today is how we managed to name t...

"Ireland, thou friend of my country in my country's most friendless days, much injured, much enduring land, accept this poor tribute from one who esteems thy worth, and mourns thy desolation."- George Washington, speaking of Ireland's support for America during the revolution. There are approxima...

As I write this post I am listening to the talking heads at CNBC and wondering if anyone there really has any clue about what is going on. Personally I am hoping for the start of a Bull Market but I am old enough to know that just bringing back the "uptick rule" won't determine the answer.  If in...

According to the National Priorities project the cost of the Iraq war is now approaching $621 billion dollars. This of course does not count the loss of human life and suffering. To think this cost was never even accounted for under any of the Bush budgets is astounding. Now that we have a Presid...