Les & Bobby Walsh

Two of the finest people I’ve ever known: my Uncle Les Walsh and his wife Bobby (one of my mother’s sisters). Rest in Peace Bobby. My elegy to her is … Read More

Weird Sense of Humor

Hearing that the Republican Party is going to ‘dig up dirt’ on Democratic opponents kinda makes me nuts… do these crooked bastards (and bastardettes!) think we’ve forgotten their hideous smears … Read More

Class Act

Nowadays they call this ‘child abuse’. That poor dog, he lived in fear. I was fourth of five kids and I think my ma just sorta burned out at that … Read More

Kennywood Park Family Day

The folks and ‘the boys’. Passerbys were probably thinking “must live near a nuke plant”. Left to right: My Father, George, me, my mother Shirley and my brother David. I … Read More

No Mercy

By Sheila Samples “Character teaches above our wills. Men imagine that they communicate their virtue or vice only by overt actions, and do not see that virtue or vice emit … Read More

Looney Toon Lunch

Got this from the AFA today (I’m a member so I get all their heinous little email screeds): September 11, 2006 Please give this invitation to your pastor. Time is … Read More

Unformed Lump

So wet behind the ears I’m still dripping. That vest… good grief. I remember the photographer (Mr. Shaffer) saying “That’s the best smile you got?” Yeah, pal, school sucks.

Joe’s Girls

My cousin Joe Walsh‘s daughters. (click thumbnail for larger image) From left-to-right: Annie, Casey, Leslie, Megan. Congratulations to Leslie on her graduation (last year)!

Time for Peace – by James Winkler

From: Word From Winkler – Sept 8, 2006 Time for Peace by Jim Winkler (James Winkler writes a regular column for The United Methodist General Board of Church and Society … Read More

Senate: No prewar Saddam-al-Qaida ties

From Yahoo! News By JIM ABRAMS, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 39 minutes ago WASHINGTON – There’s no evidence Saddam Hussein had ties with al-Qaida, according to a Senate report … Read More