Stevarino's Journal

Here are 100 sayings to test your knowledge of English. They are the best of those I found. If you know of good ones I didn’t put here that involve puns, email me (and thanks to those who did!) Confucius say, virginity like bubble. One prick – all gone Confucius say, bird in the hand is not better than two in the bush Confucius say, man who do business in whore house get jerked…

Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen lake The darkest evening of the year. He gives his harness bells a shake To ask if there is some mistake. The only other sound’s the sweep Of easy wind and…

Twenty years ago, the upcoming election was a piece of cake for this guy, simply vote a straight ticket for the party of choice – in my case, Republican. But these days, it’s not so black and white. The 2016 election was the first one in decades I didn’t even bother to participate in, mainly thinking that it better to “do or say nothing” than “do or say something to be regretted later.” However,…

My Father is now in his 80s, and has lived through only two more US presidencies than I have, FDR and Truman. This upcoming election has me in a quandary. I don’t and never did like Donald Trump, but don’t know enough about Joseph Biden to make a sound decision on my vote next month! All I know is, I’ve lived through a dozen changes of the guard and have never been this uncertain about the…

With all of the craziness we’ve experienced over the last year, soon to be “topped-off” by the upcoming election, how nice it will be to get 2020 “in the books!” I don’t know who’ll be sworn-in this coming January, but whoever it is will surely have a “full-plate” to contend with. Probably the most chaotic agenda for a US President to confront since the days of FDR (the Great Depression and…

Long exposure at twilight taken behind the waterfall at Cataract Falls in the Lieber State Recreation Area of Owens County, Indiana. It is the largest waterfall by volume in the state. Photo by Tom Meador of Bloomington, Indiana, featured on the Indiana Nature & Wildlife Photographers Facebook page. The post Behind the Falls appeared first on Through the Lens.

My paternal grandfather’s great-uncle, Eli H. Dowell, was in the 38th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company K, of the Union Army during the American Civil War. His unit took place in many actions in what was considered “the war in the west”, including the major battles of Perryville, Stones River (Murfreesboro), and Chickamauga. Chronology of the regiment’s movements during the war: 38th…

It is most definitely a heart-warming story about the recovery of a mountain hiker on Mount Ranier in Washington state that’s making headline news today. However, I have to seriously question the priority of health officials in that case. Is this “story” even true, or is it “fake news” designed with the intent to give readers a “warm, fuzzy” ray of sunshine during these surrealistically dismal…

PlySpace Residency Program With artists like Bob Ross and Jim Davis, world-renowned statues such as Daniel Chester French’s Beneficence and Cyrus Edwin Dallin’s Appeal of the Great Spirit, the David Owsley Art Museum founded by the Ball family, as well as top-notch music, dance, and theater venues, the city of Muncie has long displayed its fondness for culture and the arts. A local initiative…

With the state of the nation as a whole in the worst predicament in the majority of our lifetimes, our government has FINALLY decided to get proactive in providing much-needed additional support through the current coronavirus emergency. But is the benefit of the people the motivating factor? Au contraire! It seems our Senators and Representatives, the vital cogs that really make things happen,…

Since I skipped my annual Spring cleaning last year due to the Coronavirus pandemic, I started early this year. And oh what a fine mess it’s gotten to be! Tending to hoard things for sentiment’s sake, it took a strong act of indifference to put aside emotions and just let things go! Throughout the initial phase, the inner-conscious mantra repeated “out with the old, in with the new!” Moving…

Muncie Arts and Culture Council presents one-night exhibition of cicada chorus By SAM SHIPE With the Brood X cicadas quieting down around Muncie, one local artist is interested in lifting their voices. Erin Mallea is working with Plyspace, an immersive Artist-in-Residence program based in the Emily Kimbrough Historic District in downtown Muncie to debut her creation — a video combining…

It seems Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are on the same drugs! Since Trump has lauded Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, even calling the move “genius”, I believe the US government should seize the Mar-a-Lago, and other Trump assets (if there are any others that are truly soluble), as partial reparation for the huge moral and criminal damage that man has done to this country. Then, send him off to…

Being that this is my personal blog, I’m not restricted by Facebook, Twitter, governmental regulations, or anything! This is my right to “free speech” as written in the Constitution of the United States of America! First of all, I wish to congratulate the defenders of Ukraine! They have put up one hell of a fight – puts “the Alamo” to shame (if you know the entire truth about the Alamo!) Maybe…

For the last 3 or 4 weeks, I’ve experienced definite problems with my “plumbing.” As I was due for a visit to my Doctor, I informed him of my dilemma at my appointment last Thursday. They did the standard blood work, but he stressed an emphasis on prostate function with a section called PSA. He called my the next day to inform me that my PSA level was extremely high, and that it probably…

I read this very interesting post from the Facebook timeline of one of my High School classmates. Since I’ve always been intrigued by these kinds of trivial factoids, wanted to share. The post A “Dead Ringer” for a “Wake” – Ring a Bell? appeared first on Blogospherical Journalization.

The year 2022 started out with the promise of the end of the COVID-19 global pandemic. As it comes to a close, I look back at all the events, some predictable, others not, that took place this year. Like my diagnosis with stage-IV prostate cancer in July, and the shocking, though not too surprising tragic death of my son, Mitchell, in the Kansas City area only 2 weeks after my diagnosis. And not…