After the war, Prohibition was passed, and with liquor no longer legally available the nation plunged headlong into the Great Depression.

Everyone has a right to be stupid. Some just abuse the privilege.

I don't want to dis anybody, but someone like Robert Parker. I first read a Spenser book maybe 20 years ago and then read every one that came out. I did that with Tony Hillerman too.

If God had wanted us to be concerned for the plight of the toads, he would have made them cute and furry.

The coyotes made too much noise last night and kept me awake. Please eradicate these annoying animals.

One of the major hobbies in South Florida is keeping animals that no sane person would want to keep. One of those is snakes. They usually get them when they're small, and when they get too big, they let them go. But there are also people with monkeys, lions, tigers. And they all get away, eventually.

You know how on the evening news they always tell you that the stock market is up in active trading, or off in moderate trading, or trading in mixed activity, or whatever. Well, who gives a