Creative Fires

Dylan Matthews wrote the following article after Mr. Ryan’s speech at the GOP convention. Mr. Matthews took the time to research what Mr. Ryan said and determine what was true, false and misle...

http://creativefires.blogspot.com/2012/08/truth-lies-and-people-who-tell-them.html

My daughter sometimes gets razzed by her friends and our Education Rabbi cuz she has a tendency to say "ya'll" when she's referring to one or more. And when she's talking about a whole group s...

http://creativefires.blogspot.com/2012/08/need-giggle.html

Since before we were married I love (almost) more than anything else You and Me and Us Together time. Usually, this means we are working together on a project. Landscaping. Painting a room. Remod...

http://creativefires.blogspot.com/2012/08/you-and-me-and-us-together-and-rules-of.html

I am so stupid. A real idiot. A moron. As the saying goes, if being dumb was a virtue, I'd be a living saint. Today while reading the blog, The Bottom Line , irrefutable proof was presented ri...

http://creativefires.blogspot.com/2012/07/idiots-like-me-pay-taxes.html

Q: WHAT IS THE LIBOR SCANDAL ABOUT?  A: LIBOR COST US HOMEOWNERS AN EXTRA $1.1 - $2.2 BILLION DOLLARS YEARLY.   Put another way . . .  The LIBOR scandal ADDED $50 - $100 MONTHLY to the ...

http://creativefires.blogspot.com/2012/07/bankers-continue-rob-lie-cheat-and.html

This past December  our family took a Tripcation: (Trip: with kids, Vacation: just Gail & I).  Anyway, the weather was PERFECT (low 80's). Perhaps it's because I'm older, perhaps it's becaus...

http://creativefires.blogspot.com/2012/03/mmmmm-when-we-64.html

My uncle passed away the other day. I believe that it was by the grace of God that he did. Almost four months ago he had been diagnosed with a horrid type of brain cancer - glioblastoma multiform...

http://creativefires.blogspot.com/2012/06/gonna.html

As a result of spring cleaning I found an old soapbox in the garage, I'm wondering if it works . . .  The other night I watched HBO's Game Change . It's a documentary about the McCain  sel...

http://creativefires.blogspot.com/2012/04/as-result-of-spring-cleaning-i-found.html

This is one of those weeks that exemplifies life. Events and activities that are filled with trepidation and fun. Some tremendous good news, some sorrowful news, and some news that makes you appr...

http://creativefires.blogspot.com/2012/03/life-is-roller-coaster.html

Last night we drove up to visit our "old neighbors".  About 19 years ago we moved in across the street from Kathy & Joe.  At the time they had 2 boys - roughly 3rd & 5th grade. Our kids were st...

http://creativefires.blogspot.com/2011/12/where-did-19-years-go.html

Former President Clinton ALMOST told the truth (IMHO) when running for election. He claimed to have smoked, but NOT inhale pot. Across the country you could hear snickering. This came to mind l...

http://creativefires.blogspot.com/2011/09/but-i-didnt-inhale.html

The other night, while enjoying dinner, my wife and I were talking about her day at work and what we were going to do that evening. Our 16 year old made a HUGE mistake and walked into the kitche...

http://creativefires.blogspot.com/2011/09/oh-and-another-thing.html

Admittedly I have a big bias (my wife is a teacher) in the discussion about public employee pensions, the current shortfall, and what should be done to solve the problem. I propose that every leg...

http://creativefires.blogspot.com/2011/05/illinois-legislature-sucks-hens-teeth.html

This past Saturday morning I was a the Libertyville office of the Illinois Secretary of State. I was renewing my drivers license. Imagine a big "help" desk with about 8 stations. Your number get...

http://creativefires.blogspot.com/2011/05/first-line-of-defense-failure.html

A situation at work today reminded me of an exchange my wife and I had a few years ago.  My son had basketball practice one evening and I had told my wife rather than come home and then drive to...

http://creativefires.blogspot.com/2011/05/where-am-i.html

There are days when our children make us so very proud . . . AJ has a new passion and one that has such good timing with the story of Passover  . . . to help the Child Soldiers in Uganda find fr...

http://creativefires.blogspot.com/2011/04/so-proud-i-could-cry.html

A professor was giving a lecture on 'Involuntary Muscular Contractions' to first year medical students. Realizing this was not the most riveting subject, the professor decided to lighten the moo...

http://creativefires.blogspot.com/2011/01/dat-right-dars-funny.html

LESSON I:  A man gets into the shower just as his wife finishes her shower. The doorbell rings . . .   The wife quickly wraps herself in a towel and runs downstairs. When she opens the door...

http://creativefires.blogspot.com/2011/01/classic-5-minute-management-lesson.html

I was born in the South. The real South. Not some made up Southern town like Atlanta. Sadly my family moved to the midwest, Chacago, when I was small kid. As a result it's very rare when my natur...

http://creativefires.blogspot.com/2011/01/who-has-accent.html

MOC - Martini O'Clock! An oasis of adult conversation, perhaps enjoyed with a martini. MOC started when individually, but at the same time, my good friend, "Naysayer", and I embarked on religious conversion classes. After the first class we decided to "debrief" with a cocktail. We completed conversion classes years ago, by than a tradition was born and thus we continue . . .

http://creativefires.blogspot.com/2010/12/crash.html

"HI. THIS IS SARAH PALIN. IS SENATOR LIEBERMAN IN?" "No, governor. This is Yom Kippur." "Well, Yom. Can I leave a message?"

http://creativefires.blogspot.com/2010/12/oh-go-ahead-and-laugh.html

Traditionally my mother or Aunt Judy hosted Thanksgiving - until the year my son was born. He was born December 1st. That year my wife said "no" to attending Thanksgiving away from home. She knew...

http://creativefires.blogspot.com/2010/11/thankfully-thanksgiving.html

Yesterday I received an email from our Rabbi. A benefactor had donated 4 tickets to the White Sox game including parking. Wow! The game is on a Friday evening. The Rabbi asked me if I'd like to u...

http://creativefires.blogspot.com/2010/09/its-trick-i-tell-you.html

How our current political debacle came to be . . . Charley Reese is a former journalist for 49 years including at Orlando Sentinel Newspaper. Over the years he has revised an article he origin...

http://creativefires.blogspot.com/2010/09/screwed-b-y-545.html

A nine-year-old is sitting at his desk and all of a sudden, there is a puddle between his feet and the front of his pants are wet. This has never happened before. When he is discovered he will ne...

http://creativefires.blogspot.com/2010/09/wet-pants.html