2009

1 Nov 09 -- Learning your lessons the bus driver way
It takes a special kind of person to drive a school bus. Not just any Joe or Jane can do it, and most of us wouldn’t even try.

25 Oct 09 -- Hey Mac! Can you spare an Apple?
After all these years of wanting a MacBook Pro, but also hearing about all the reasons why we can’t afford one and how we could use that money for better purposes (like food and new shoes), I’ve finally gotten up the gumption to throw caution to the wind and order one behind my wife’s back.

4 Oct 09 -- Root Beer -- the All-American drink
I’m flabbergasted! Totally, unequivocally flabbergasted. And if there be a word in the English language with a stronger meaning, then I’m that, too.

30 Aug 09 -- What's a few percentages between friends?
I’ve noticed that 95 percent of Americans who quote percentages are just making them up about 87 percent of the time, but since it’s all math (and the rest of us hate math) we believe them, which makes us pretty darn stupid. Politicians are the worst about “percentage dropping,” followed by sportscasters and wives with lazy husbands.

16 Aug 09 -- Five reasons to own a truck
It’s almost a scientific fact that a man who owns a truck lives seven years longer than a man who does NOT own a truck. A man with a rifle rack in his truck practically lives forever. I know all of this because it’s common “guy knowledge.” I’m a guy, and I’m as common as they get.

5 July 09 -- It is a far, far better thing I do...
As I sit here writing this essay, and you sit there reading it, my John Deere Riding Lawnmower sits in the front yard as a reminder that I really should accomplish something useful today. The problem is, I'm not exactly sure what that “something useful” should be.

7 June 09 -- The 'Big Switch' stops for no one
In just a few more days, all television signals will be digitalized, our analog TV sets will officially be considered “dinosaurs,” and the networks will cancel Oprah, replacing her with fishing reports and reruns of “Hogan’s Heroes.” (Don’t mind me. I’m just thinking out loud.)

19 April 09 -- Never trust a goat
I have three goats – a mamma and two twin daughters. I bought them from a little girl who knocked on my door one day, asking if I'd like to buy some goats. And since goats like to eat grass, I figured that I’d let them eat it (instead of me having to mow it), leaving me free to nap on the couch. I give a lot of credence to napping on the couch, especially when I’m supposed to be doing yard work.

2009 © Tracy Farr