Recent content by Brookswood

The cure for the hype, sales pressure, gift pressure, etc, is to celebrate the real Christmas. It is a celebration of the birth of the Christian savior. Anything else is what some people call "cultural appropriation". The local shopping mall near me is decorated to the hilt with fancy...

Between having one of the highest state gas taxes in the nation, and a carbon tax that currently adds 50 cents a gallon to the price for gasoline a lot of lower income people are finding the cost of owning a car to be higher than they can afford. The sales tax is now over 10%, so if a person...

I admire our service men and women. I have only one in my family, and for that reason I admire peole in the military services even more. They do what most of us will not or cannot do.

Pre shredded cheese is awful stuff. It is nearly flavorless at best. It should be recalled as a matter of principle.

The First Law of Human Stupidity is how the general population always seriously underestimates the number of stupid people in circulation.

I like them, but only the ones that turn themselves off after 8PM and not back on until after 7 AM.

credit scores are fluid.

I was half joking about a rice increase for barely. But, the simple fact is that finding ordinary barely in the grocery stores around me is tough. Other than the expensive box of barely from a big-name oatmeal company, there was none to find. Also, I think it was quick cooking barely, not...

My kids are constantly asking for Christmas gift ideas. Today I made out my list of items. I hope that keeps them happy.

I routinely delete apps that pop up too many annoying ads. I don’t mind ads as they pay for the “free” service I am using. But, the annoying pop up ones go to far so I just don’t use the app, and stay away from the website. I have a hard time believing that enough people resond to these...

Magnesium. It stopped the night and morning cramps that were painful and very annoying.

Why can’t I have both? The gal on TV said I deserve it. And I must admit that since sweet potatoes are available all year around and fresh pumpkins is not, I would go with pumpkin if I had to choose. I really like home made pecan pie. Not the store bought stuff, but the one my southern...

An here I thought Who was just a first baseman. What an idiot am I.

Sesame Street?

Musk is a very bright guy. He is doing things with cars and rockets that other so-called knowledgeable people in the industry have yet to do, or in some cases, have started to catch up only very recently. He realizes we have a huge nuclear fusion reactor out there that is sitting and waiting...