Jun 10, 2015 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener For 40 summers there has been a patriotic celebration in the community of Crothersville. Neither downpouring rain, tornadoes, or blazing hot heat and humidity have been able to stop it. Dampened it, blew it a bit, made us all sweat; but couldn’t stop...
Jun 3, 2015 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener These are not my thoughts. These are the observations of comedians. Please read them with your funny bone tuned in. And don’t blame me. I’m just the messenger. “If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant’s life, she...
May 27, 2015 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener We have all made predictions which not only didn’t come true, but were 180° from what actually happened. Here are some of the more “Durn, I wish I hadn’t said that” looks into the future back then. “Computers in the future may weigh no more than...
May 20, 2015 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener (and others) The following is attributed as a commencement address that Hoosier author Kurt Vonnegut gave at MIT. There is no documentation that that urban legend ever happened. It is believed to be a part of a column written by Mary Schmich for the...
May 13, 2015 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener As I prepared to step off the porch to fertilize my growing garden of herbs, there was a brief moment of “oh-oh”. There was an adult milksnake lying in my front yard. Now I am not afraid of snakes but the first time I spot one there is always that...
May 6, 2015 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener The other day as I was working on this column at my computer, I began a sneezing fit. Reaching for a tissue, I pulled the last one from the box. Wanting to be prepared for the next time I needed a tissue, I went to the utility room to fetch a new box....
