Wayward Landlubber

     The screw holding one of the stems on my reading glasses came loose and fell out. The following are necessary to repair my reading glasses. Step 1) try to recover the screw that fell out. Since that screw is nearly microscopic, you will need glasses to help you see the fallen screw. Step 2 ) if you have found the screw and managed to set it aside while not losing it again, lay a plain light-colored dish towel on the table or your desk. Lay out the glasses frame, the stem, and the screw on the towel, then try to start the tiny screw in the opening. After losing the screw several times trying to see the tiny hole, proceed to, Step 3) drive to the local super market/pharmacy. Select the style of reading glasses you wish, with the optics you need. Step 4) select a pair of eyebrow tweezers. Step 5) while going through the checkout, pick up an eyeglass repair Kit. Total cost $49. Step 6) back home. Sit before you eyeglass repair project and recognize with gratitude that th...

     I was in the 9th grade when John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Young male readers in that day were discovering spy fiction and crime fiction. I was one of them. Eventually it dawns on a fertile mind that spy fiction and crime fiction is a way to tell stuff that happened without telling the wrong people that stuff happened. Pretty soon, you're not sure what to believe.      Into this young fertile mind, details about the Kennedy assassination emerged that were even worse than blowing the brain of our president apart. Details that indicated that this might be an attempt to make this look like a foreign job, while concealing its American connections. We all knew, thanks to Walter Cronkite and his colleagues, that the culprit fired a Manlicher Carcano snipers rifle.  There were 5 rounds, one that killed a president, the other that went into the arm of Texas Governor John Connally, and one that was found on the floorboard of the limousi...