Author Archives: captaincliff

Apparently not the original Ray Charles version but still pretty good…Buster.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pymDDd7mOd8&feature=related As I prepare myself (and everyone else) for my trip to California on Thursday and Ben’s graduation from Pomona College (Yay Ben!), I have time to ponder why … Continue reading →

I notice alot of people including myself have some “dream” automobile they fantasize having someday.  If you ask 5 people you will get 4 different answers that range from Mercedes to Maserati to high performance Audi sports cars to super … Continue reading →

Forget anything and everything I have written previously. All else pales in comparison to the headline news I have to share. A declassified secret report and psychological profile has recently come to light about Adolf Hitler. This confidential record about … Continue reading →

Every so often I check my CaptCliff web blog to see if there are reader comments. Usually there are few to none. Nothing unusual there. I recognize that, for the most part, we who blog are pissing into the proverbial … Continue reading →

Um yeah, most of man’s sex related knowledge was not handed down to us from ancient scrolls miraculously rescued from the fire and burning of the Great Library of Alexandria, Egypt in 48 B.C.  Nor was it culled from the … Continue reading →

Folks, it’s one thing to cheat on your wife or girlfriend, but in Clearwater, Florida, there is a guy who is competing for the immorality Trifecta. When the cops broke into his apartment they found evidence that the dude was … Continue reading →

Kvetching as Therapy kvetch  (kvch) Slangintr.v. kvetched, kvetch·ing, kvetch·esTo complain persistently and whiningly.n.1. A chronic, whining complainer.2. A nagging complaint: “a rambling kvetch against the system” (Leonard Ross).[Yiddish kvetshn, to squeeze, complain, from Middle High German quetzen, quetschen, to squeeze.] … Continue reading →

Ginormous 13 inch Asian tiger shrimp (see video below) have shown up in the waters off Texas and the Gulf Coast. These cannibalistic prawns are so large they are eating the native shrimp population which they dwarf in size and … Continue reading →

Sometimes I wonder how my life would have been different if I didnt have kids. My three sons are now young men ranging in age between 22 and 26 years old. One of the “age old” questions is how many … Continue reading →

I’m so ahead of my time that I cant even catch up….with myself. Twenty years ago I wrote articles about happiness and how important it is for mental and physical health. Twenty years later I am taking an anti-depressant and … Continue reading →