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Davemolter

Retiring minds want to know

Where to best spend your Golden Years? Here’s one idea: Waste away in Margaritaville.Papa Parrothead himself – singer/songwriter/author/stinking-rich guy Jimmy Buffett – is teaming with a Canadian developer to open several retirement communities in the U.S. for those “55 and better.” ...

Gimme Samoa them Samoas

On the weekend before President Donald Trump used his address to a joint session of Congress to call for American unity, one Florida family was already working together in a story that made headlines.On Feb. 26, the Daytona Beach <em>News-Journal</em> reported, ...

Boring! Watch watches your language

I’m old school. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Don’t try to reinvent the wheel. Likewise, I thought there was no need for a new way to let people know they’re boring you with their supposedly scintillating repartee. We already have plenty. Take your pick:1) Repeatedly looking at ...

Horses of a different color

Return with me now to those thrilling days of yesteryear, when from out of the past come the thundering hoofbeats of … hobbyhorses?It’s true. Their American counterparts may be busy texting and making duck lips for selfies, but European teenage girls are bucking the trend by riding ...

Book ’em, Dave-O

Did you get your letter from “The World Book of (Your Last Name Here)”? I did. It arrived last Thursday, my letter from “The World Book of Molters.” And, boy, was I excited!I thought that, just like the Guinness Book of Records, “The World Book of Molters” would contain impressive ...

The reindeer-Grandma effect

January is typically the month when we quote others in an effort to make sense of life. For example: “Don’t eat that cookie after the dog had it in his mouth!” – MomOr, more to the point, “Turn these monitors on, please!” – Mariah CareyWhile she was attempting to sing to a ...