You’ve Got Time
Time is a prison for all of us and we all gotta pay our dues And When it really drags on we can’t help but sing the blues But if we see it for what it really is and all the gifts it brings Time can be our bestest friend, …
Author: Steve McAllister
Suddenly Seymour
Ever since the film came out in the 80’s, Little Shop of Horrors was one of my favorite musical. Funny, engaging, and toe-tapping, it’s one of those movies that I can watch over and over again, and it never grows old. And of course, “Suddenly Seymour” was one of those …
Sweet Leaf Serenade
Last year, I wrote a love song for tobacco. It’s been a fairly regular companion throughout my adult life, but I knew it was time to sever the ties so this is also a breakup song. It still took a little while to live up to the message of the …
The Wall of Ignorance
When I questioned why I would have to pay more for avocados in order to pay for a wall I don’t want built yesterday on Facebook, I was given plenty of advice on growing my avocados, but the point of my statement was about much more than that. The truth …
Can We Learn From Trump’s Disability?
Although I have made disparaging remarks about Mr. Trump in the past, and based on his activity so far, there’s a very good chance I will again in the future, I am empathetic with his plight. He does, after all, suffer a grand disability, and I’m not talking about the …
I Wanna Be Bigger Than Elvis
My parents took me to see “Elvis Lives” at the Van Wezel the other night, and it got me thinking about my own ambitions. The show features three different Elvises representing the three decades of his professional life, from when he was the hip-shaking sensation that could only be filmed …
Better Blogging With Video
There is a very good chance that I am one of the world’s worst bloggers. Although this technology has been open to me for years, I have been very reluctant to take advantage of it. Far of it is due to a deep-seated mistrust in giving myself over to technology, …
It’s My Fault Trump Is The New President
There are a few reasons I blame myself for America moving into the Trump era. First and foremost, other than a short series of blogs I managed to get into The Huffington Post, I didn’t do much to warn people of the impending possibility of America completely embracing an oligarchy …
What Word Would You Use To Change The World?
In the 2015 Oxford dictionary, there were over 300 new words added that did not make it into last years dictionary. Some of the new words include autotune, Blu-ray, boiler room, carnap, Christianist, comedogenic, crowdfunding, declutter, e-cigarette, ecotown, eliminationism, freegan, half-ass, hardship, hardware woman, Homo economicus, hot mess, hyperlocal, kryptonite, …
Is Affordable Housing Truly Attainable?
I once attended a community forum on homelessness held at the Sarasota Herald Tribune building. The topic of conversation was affordable housing. The session began with the New College students that have been studying the trends in homelessness under Dr. David Brain reporting on what’s been happening nationally and what is …