I really miss the simplicity and innocence of my mis-spent youth. The good guys (you know, the ones in the white hats) always won, Superman was always there to save the world from fiendish villans and horses could talk to their owners. We listened to what our parents said (or else). Most of us needed to work if we wanted anything besides what our parents could give us. We understood what the consequences of breaking the rules were.

Now, I'm not against progress. I have a good job and I believe the only thing constant is change. I've seen more global change in my lifetime than my Grandfather did in his, and he saw a man walk on the moon. That little metal and plastic box you're reading this from has prompted more positive change in the world than anything else, short of the Industrial Revolution and the invention of the internal-combustion engine.

I've come to a point, though, where I wish for a little more ordinary life with more time to stop and smell the flowers.

The links on this page will lead you to some pretty funny stuff I collected from emails sent by friends & loved ones; a lot of it relates to those thoughts.

These pages are not for the easily offended! Some of these jokes are absolutely hillarious; some are very off-color; some will give one pause to think about the current state of the world; and some are politically insensitive. If you have this page link, then you are probably someone who already knows me or a friend of someone who knows me. That being the case, those who know me are quite aware that at the age of 50-plus I feel I have earned the right to be funny, off-color, introspective, or politically insensitive any time I want to.

By the way, some of these jokes date back to the beginning of the George W. Bush administration. Since he'll most likely be remembered for something less than the best, I decided to leave them in place.

This is a little off point, but we have a couple PSA pages posted for the benefit of the hundreds of children that disappear every year. If you have the time, please look at these pages. Thanks.