Gaming The Airline

With good friends, we escaped St. Louis for a week of extremely boring weather (81◦ to 84◦ every day, always sunny) in Key West. That meant trips through airports, and, living in St. Louis required flying Southwest Airline to get Read More …

Insurance Money

I bought a typewriter last year, a used (but guaranteed) IBM Selectric: I knew my future included completing pounds of forms. As most know, I handled the affairs of a disabled friend.  Now I serve as his Personal Representative, the Read More …

Rushed & Nasty

Several friends requested posts on more uplifting, positive topics:  this won’t be one. Between the nonchalance of the Trump administration and minefields laid by the pandemic, the 2020 Census failed.  The reliance on most Americans going on-line to complete their Read More …