Author Archives: captaincliff

I need to know if anybody else my age does this. Before today I’ve never had the courage to ask it aloud, let alone put it in print. I saw this story title this morning in the so called Headline … Continue reading →

Posted on August 6, 2012 by captaincliff And it makes me wonder…. Way back when, there appeared to be only two basic kinds of Baby Boomers. You remember us, right? We’re the large group of gray and balding men and … Continue reading →

Once upon a time well before there was a video game called Angry Birds, there was a headless chicken named Mike. That’s right, he had no head. If you care to get technical, he did have a partial brain stem … Continue reading →

Sometimes I dont feel like writing. Often I become aware of a conflict between the part of me that talks way too much and another part that is highly self-conscious. I’m not self-conscious in a “shy” way but rather in … Continue reading →

I have a friend who’s birthday is today, July 31st. I also know someone, a Facebook friend  who is celebrating her 30th wedding anniversary today. Both of them deserve special recognition. However, I never considered honoring such noteworthy events by … Continue reading →

The official opening of the Olympic Games in London was impressive. Honestly I thought they got off to a slow start and by the time they worked their way up to Britain’s proud heritage as an employer of soot covered … Continue reading →

For those few people who continue to wonder, obsess and theorize how James Holmes “became” the murderous Joker, and how the University system failed to notice a violent human storm brewing in their midst, I offer this last bit of … Continue reading →

James Holmes, the Colorado shooter says he wants to know “how the film ends”. No, he really doesn’t. He is mocking the University, the police, and the public for socially rejecting him and for judging him as inadequate (in his … Continue reading →

I believe if they ever can get James Holmes the Colorado shooter talking and/or communicating semi-coherently, they should ask him about his taste in MOVIES. Such an underwhelming idea is not just based on his recent act of unimaginable violence … Continue reading →

I believe James Holmes, the shooter in the Batman/Aurora Colorado theater tragedy will be found to be suffering from a severe mental illness with a violent homicidal psychosis. Specifically, I think he will be diagnosed as having Paranoid Schizophrenia with … Continue reading →