Sep 11, 2019 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener There is a kerfuffle in the coming seasonal air and it has to do with what kind of winter we are going to have. According to the Old Farmer’s Almanac (and we all know a number of old farmers, don’t we?), the Midwest and the entire North American...
Sep 4, 2019 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener “What was your favorite fast food when you were growing up?” a middle school aged youngster asked me. “We didn’t have fast food when I was growing up,” I informed him. “All the food was slow.” “C’mon, seriously? Where did you eat?” “It was a place...
Aug 28, 2019 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener This is an encore column from the Curt Comments archives. •Conscience is what huts when everything else feels good. •Talk is cheap because supply exceeds demand. •Stupidity got us into this mess—what can’t it get us out? •Love is grand; divorce is a...
Aug 21, 2019 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener (This is an encore column from the Curt Comments archives published in the last millennium. But durned, if it doesn’t seem like it could have been penned just last week.) The paradox of our time is history is that we have taller buildings, but shorter...
Jul 24, 2019 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener William Shakespeare devised new words and phrases that still appear in our everyday life. Famous quotes from his plays are easily recognizable; “To be or not to be,” “Wherefore art thou, Romeo,” and “et tu, Brute?”. But an...
Jul 17, 2019 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener With bridge repair, roadwork, chip & seal all going on simultaneously in different locations, you are probably like me, driving on country roads you haven’t been on for a while as you circumnavigate the asphalt progress du jour. In my meanderings...
