May 18, 2011 | Curt Comments
by Charley Kovener While my human Curt claims to work like a dog, I thought I would tell you a bit about the uniqueness of my species and some of the phrases connected with us. •The sultry “dog days of summer” get their name from ancient astronomers who...
May 11, 2011 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Osama bin Ladin is dead. Dead as a doornail as Charles Dickens wrote about Jacob Marley in “A Christmas Carol”. What is peculiar is that in the supposedly Christian nation, a week following Easter when many messages from the pulpit focused...
May 4, 2011 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener “Hrmph, there’s not many yard sales this weekend,” snipped Bessie Bellyacre. “What are you going to do about that?” “Well, history has shown that there are greater numbers of yard sales on yard sale day than those...
Apr 27, 2011 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Almost every Tuesday is trash pick up day in Crothersville as well as a number of other communities. Do ask me why Tuesday seems to be universal trash day. I don’t know. But we are a trashy people. From the dawn of civilization we have been...
Apr 20, 2011 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener If you see me sometime and I am looking down do not think that I am sad, forlorn or depressed. In fact, it is quite the opposite. But perhaps I need to provide some background information as to my seemingly deceptive countenance. Earlier this month I...
Apr 13, 2011 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener I am trying to do some spring cleaning and it is time to pass along some wise acre witticisms I have been collecting over the winter months. •When fish are in schools they sometimes take debate. •A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months. •When...
