Author Archives: OkieMan

Ain’t goin’ back to here no mo.

They use to call it quality control. Not sure what they call it these days. Sort of hit and miss maybe. If you are going to own or operate a franchise your customer could only hope to have a food item at one location then days or weeks later miles away you get the sameContinue reading “Ain’t goin’ back to here no mo.”

Vote in spite of the liberal press.

It is the freaking press. It is the press that creates difficult mid-term voting for the opposition party. The liberal press theory is when the president and his party are in power the opposition wins more congressional seats than the party in power. And the press has been saying this finger painted blatherment for decades.Continue reading “Vote in spite of the liberal press.”

The little red signs that made you smile. For at least a mile.

Roadside Poetry (updated) The little red sequential fencepost signs sponsored by Burma Shave cream with clever and whimsical rhymes out on the pre-interstate highways of mid-century America. In her room Tilting a broom Learning nuclear physics Watching on Zoom. BURMA SHAVE There would be four or five one by three-foot signs posted off the highwayContinue reading “The little red signs that made you smile. For at least a mile.”

The new governor of California did not like free tuition of state colleges.

“This chimp will never graduate from this college.” Ronald Reagan, Bedtime for Bonzo; movie 1952 Fall 1962 I started my freshman year at East Los Angeles College. A community college under the oversite of the Los Angeles Unified School District. At that time the total enrollment of students for both day and night classes atContinue reading “The new governor of California did not like free tuition of state colleges.”

He could perform supernatural magic with his three red feathered chickens.

Butchy the chicken whisperer He doesn’t like to compare himself to Harry Potter but Butchy the chicken whisperer has magical mystical powers over his following of chickens. Three in all. All Rhode Island Reds named Manny, Moe, and Jack. A trio of cluckers who think they have special divining powers to find buried treasures. AfterContinue reading “He could perform supernatural magic with his three red feathered chickens.”

Santa Clause is sailing to town. Yo ho ho!

There is a virtual full parking lot of boats outside the L A Harbor beyond the breakwater barrier. Some anchored out there for about a month or more waiting for a docking space to unload their foreign made goods. All cargo ships wanting to dock and unload its full containers filled with Asian made widgetContinue reading “Santa Clause is sailing to town. Yo ho ho!”