Charles Clark 
Do you get as tired as I do listening to politicians and to public figures go on news broadcasts and use carefully chosen vague words to explain something rather than just using plain language to factually state the obvious? Those are what are known as “weasel words.” In a previous blog, I pointed out my … Read more
In most battles, there is collateral damage. I am collateral damage of the virus pandemic. I do not have the virus (well not yet). In following the social distancing guidelines, I stay at home unless I need a part for my car or milk for my cereal so my ancient bones and lungs try to … Read more
This will be a short update as I am focusing a lot of time on my restomod. When I refer to a “ground up restoration,” I am thinking about what I am doing to my 1962 Pontiac Catalina, not what a butcher does to make hamburger. However, if you get clumsy during a restoration, the … Read more
Enough talk about wandering bad bugs named after a Mexican beer. Let’s dismiss them for the moment and shift to more pleasant thoughts, such as gears and grease! In my last blog, I revealed that I obtained a 1962 Pontiac Catalina for a restomod. I refer to it as a “Poncho,” which I (as the … Read more
Many of my readers know me personally and know about the recent dramatic changes in my life. For those readers I have not yet met, let me fill you in. On March 8, my 92-year-old wife of 59 years succumbed to insurmountable medical problems. One hundred days before my wife’s passing, my son died of … Read more
I just finished watching the NOVA program on PBS about how dogs evolved from wolves, and how they have a special genetic makeup that lets them bond with humans. I can certainly understand how it is possible for humans to bond with a dog and vice versa. But how is it possible for humans to … Read more
It is 4:00am and I can’t sleep, so rather than toss and turn, I get up and write. Not sure why this happens, but many of my ideas for writing tend to occur at about four in the morning. When it comes time to hitting the letters on the keyboard, I am just transcribing words … Read more
Here is something new below! What you are reading is a story presented as a script for a recording like an old time radio broadcast. We are experimenting with embedding sound in the script, which you can call up by clicking on the highlighted script cues. This format is the same as I used for … Read more
When two experts discuss a topic in which they both have mastery, they have no problem understanding one another. But if someone not trained in that same subject should happen to overhear the experts’ conversation, the eavesdropper might conclude the others were speaking Greek – as in the expression “It’s Greek to me.” I have … Read more
I have been retired from business for a great many years now, but when I was employed as an Application Engineer and subsequently Product Manager of Computerized Cardiac Cath Lab Startup and Production for the Honeywell Test Instruments Division in Littleton, I felt I needed a title. After all, I was dealing with high ranking … Read more