South Union is Now Available from Amazon

After year and a half of fighting joint pain and chemo-therapy, South Union: A Novel of the Civil War is finally finished and at the publisher. It should be available by Labor Day. It is different from anything that I've written before. I hope you will give it a try.

Thanks for all of your support...  Rick  

The Revenge of the 16 Pound Ball

Strange Things Go On At The Bowling Alley After Closing Time

A Table on the Waterfront

Here are the results of last night's flood in my back yard

It will cure what ails you

New Book "South Union" Almost Finished.

The little 'Civil War' novel South Union is almost finished. I'm working on the final chapter as I speak. The book however is much longer than anticipated. I plotted for 150 pages and its going to be in the neighborhood of 350 pages. So much for short and sweet. I should have a release date soon and will post it then.

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Rick

Welcome to my Nightmare.

Trying to keep 12 Fifty two year old pinsetters running...Priceless

For those of you who have never seen the back of a bowling alley, these monstrosities, aka,

 (12) 1960 AMF 82-30 model 6225 Pinsetters, are what keeps the the pins on the lanes and returns the bowling ball back to its owner. They are a complicated piece of machinery on their own, but imagine how hard it is to keep them running when you slam a 16 pound  projectile into them at 20 mph night after night year after year. My 12 pinsetters have over 8 million games on them. That is 80 million frames. With an average of two strikes per game, that makes it around 144 million bowling balls that have been tossed down the lanes at the Robinson Bowling Center. 

Not bad for 1950 American craftmanship. 

Someone found my Second Grade Class Photo

I love March Madness

Some Things Never Change

This cartoon appeared in The Chicago Tribune in 1934 during the height of the depression. I guess some things never change.

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Rick

I wonder if John Grisham has to put up with crap like this...

Trouble on  Lane 6

Possible Mergers

A. Hale Business Systems, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Fuller Brush, and W. R. Grace Co. will merge and become: Hale, Mary, Fuller, Grace.

B. Polygram Records, Warner Bros., and Zesta Crackers join forces and become: Poly, Warner Cracker.

C. 3M will merge with Goodyear and become: MMMGood.

D. Zippo Manufacturing, Audi Motors, Dofasco, and Dakota Mining will merge and become: ZipAudiDoDa.

E. FedEx is expected to join its competitor, UPS, and become: FedUP.

F. Fairchild Electronics and Honeywell Computers will become: Fairwell Honeychild.

G. Grey Poupon and Docker Pants are expected to become: PouponPants.

H. Knotts Berry Farm and the National Organization of Women will become: Knott NOW!