Posted 2-13-20 I realized I have mentioned the movie 1917 before, but I want to recommend it again now. The entire two+ hour movie was filmed in 2 takes!!! The camera went everywhere, in real time, and told a simple but profound story flawlessly. Amazing! As momma might say, “this video ain’t that”. However, it…
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Frogs Don’t Soup Well
Posted 2-12-20 Have you heard the one about the frog and boiling water? Start Kermit in a put of cold water, then throw in boiling water and he jumps out into Miss Piggy’s protecting arms!!! However, put Kermie in cold water and gradually heat the water to boil and he is too busy singing Rainbow…
Some Bullets For Your Pocket
Posted 2-11-20 Mom and I dig watching The Andy Griffith Show when I visit. It hasn’t always been this way. We used to go for walks, sit on the couch and visit or sometimes just sit around by the piano and have a howler monkey jam session. (Mom plays almost pretty enough to drown out…
On the Level
Posted 2-10-20 I love symmetry, uniformity and the-way-it-should-be-ness. I love it when things work out smoothly and in order. Conversely, I also love studying why this order isn’t always so. You wouldn’t always know it from my home nor my office, but it sparks me much joy when things “work out” or fit perfectly. I…
The Softer Side of Sadness
Posted 2-7-20 Dateline 1886: The Baldknobbers, a hood-wearing, at first anti-crime/vigilante group including my great-great Grandpa Gil, were gaining traction in the southern Ozarks region. U.S. President Grover Cleveland got married in the White House. After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo surrenders with his last band of warriors to General Nelson Miles at Skeleton Canyon in Arizona. October 28 – In New…
Innocence, in a Sense
Posted 12-5-19 Have you ever thought of the broken Alzheimer’s mind as a return to innocence? Like a removal from the cares of this world to a land where joy abounds and your needs should be met and your stress much simpler. I know many do. I am also quite confident, though, that some are…
10 Ways Dementia Reminds Me of My Trip to the Dentist
Posted 2-5-20 Yesterday morning was dentist day for yours truly. No cavities, aside from the between the ears kind… The average adult homo sapien has 32 “permanent” teeth until we start whittling down the number, first with the wisdom teeth, then often through damage or mistreatment. It is possible to keep them until you die…
Leave it On The Field
Posted 2-4-20 2-4-6-8, who do I appreciate? You!!!! You!!!! Yooooooou! Thanks for visiting the Digital Cornbread table this wet Tuesday! I hope everyone is adequately recovered from the Super Bowl flu! I am not prepared to call myself a superfan of anyone besides my Lord, my beautiful wife, my 3 kiddos, and my close/extended and…
Strange Bedfellows
Posted 2-3-20 Happy Monday to all. I hope all of you Chiefs’ fans made it to work this morning. They finally won a Super Bowl for the first time in my lifetime…and that says a lot. Regardless, congrats! Now clean up the mess and let’s start baseball please! No really…please!! The “Big Game” brought together…
OWLS Flu is Upon All of Us! Whooo, Me?
Posted 1-31-20 As the prominent member of the media that I am (clearing throat sounds), I feel obligated to make my readers aware of the next big health scare facing America: OWLS FLU!!!!! I realize that the CoronaVirus is the disease scare du jour, but that makes me all the more want to scream from…