blog lassiter

I like to live in the past – it’s comfortable.  I like the sights and sounds of my youth – especially the sounds.  I’ve mentioned before that from time to time the Muffin and I like to fire up the stereo with a ton of CD’s from the good old days, tie one on, and […]

My gosh, how time flies when you’re having fun!  Here it is the end of the month, and that means that the reader comments feature is open – so feel free to have your say…
There are no real guidelines – “comments” will remain open for two days – questions may or may not be answered […]

The roar of the greasepaint, the smell of the crowd – it’s what my life has been built on.  The show must go on, the “blog” must go on – it’s in my blood.
But I really don’t feel much like writing today – my mood is not good, I have little I care to share.  […]

There ain’t been much poker talk around here of late – and for good reason, I ain’t been playing very much.
Poker is an incredible game, a real challenge, and when I first came upon it I jumped in with both feet.  But there’s a problem…
There are two ways to play – on-line, or in a […]

You know, it’s not easy being me.
There’s this one guy who’s pissed off because I don’t write about “the issues” – he even wanted me to draft arguments against the popular right-wing crap, and e-mail it to him so he could use the material in debates or whatever.
And there’s this woman who is still holding […]

And so, how has my life changed since getting the news that my kidneys are shutting down?  Not at all, unless you count the ultra sensitivity to the slightest deviation in things like my appetite, strength level, or overall feeling of wellbeing.
Having been told what to look for, what to expect, I am now all […]

My first father-in-law was a civil engineer who worked for the state of New York’s roads department.  Over the course of his career he supervised the construction of hundreds of miles of highways.  A man tends to think of himself in terms of what he does to earn a living – in terms of what […]

It’s the little things – it’s always the little things that get to you.  Sometimes it’s the stuff that can drive you insane, sometimes it’s the stuff that can make your day.
The farther I get from the 19th, the less real it seems – the less it matters.  But that damned new television now dominates […]

Look, I’m going to say this once, and only once.  You people never pay attention to what I say, and will no doubt ignore me yet again, but…
Your life is not worth living unless and until you get your hands on a DVR – a Digital Video Recorder.  I am not going to waste the […]

Yesterday afternoon I entered the wonderful world of digital cable television – and got a glimpse in to how my fellow man lives.
Now don’t get me wrong, having a couple hundred channels to watch is kind of cool – and the “in demand” programming is better than sliced bred, but…
To entice us into spending […]