Mention Bernie Sanders in a room full of people someone will probably say "oh yeah!  The Socialist."  They say this with dread, dismay, a little fear, and a lot of disgust.  I don't understand where these feelings came from because Sanders' political ideas are very well documented on the Internet.

Gambling is as old as mankind, maybe older. If the dinosaurs ever had a civilization of their own they probably played games of chance just like the rest of us because even today we see animals taking risks when they hunt or fish. Gambling is a refined form of risk-taking that really evolved from our need to take risks to survive.

Did you know that street numbers were not used until the Middle Ages? And of all places where you might expect people to NOT use street addresses, it was the people of Venice who introduced the custom to Europe. That amazing fact often surprises people who assume that the Roman empire probably invented street addresses.

Rarely do we find teens & young adults in their early twenties with baldness issues. Men in their 30s & 40’s are the most common sufferers of extensive hair loss, although it isn’t abnormal for men in their late 20’s to experience thinning hair as well. Modern society dreads the idea of aging and we put a great deal of value into reversing or delaying it as much as possible.

Christmas is just around the corner and you may well have neglected to purchase your man’s present. Okay, you most likely are ready to start planning for next year’s gift. So, just in case you want some help in choosing a nice watch for a man, here is what I can tell you.

Have you ever heard of the Unknown Comic? He was popular on TV shows in the 1970s and 1980s. He wore a paper bag over his head and cracked offensive jokes.  Audiences generally loved him but for a long time he did not reveal his true identity. In the late 1980s and early 1990s he started to unmask himself during shows. He turned out to be Murray Langston, a famous TV comic who had appeared on shows like Laugh In and The Sonny and Cher Show.  His long-time partner was Freeman King.

I grew up loving Bachman Turner Overdrive. David is not such a big fan but I can sit back and listen to BTO all day long.

Have you noticed lately how Google buries good, new content from smaller Websites in favor of old, spammy content from big sites like Huffington Post? Today I decided I would find some really great articles in spite of Google's deference to crap. It took a lot of work to get past their crummy results but here are some pretty good articles that don't just repeat what everyone else has said.

I'm not sure online gambling is fully legal in the United States but I have seen gambling news headlines for stories about changes to state laws where online gambling will now be permitted in some areas. The US Congress outlawed most types of online gambling in 2006, crushing the gambling affiliate industry in this country. But many people continued to find ways to slip past the legal watchdogs and gamble online. You can even play free online slot games if you wish, although I guess those are gateway games.

After all the partying and celebrating is done for the year, I look back and ask myself why I ate all that food! Cakes and pies and turkeys and mashed potatoes and ham and gravy -- they're all still with me, another year another 5 pounds.

My son asked me a hard question to answer. He said, "Dad what is gambling?" I replied with, "Gambling is where you make a bet with someone." "But what is betting?" he asked.

Why do you think people are fascinated with space warfare? What would a space battle look like? I think Hollywood and other groups in the film industry have done space battles all wrong. Maybe the classic space battle stereotype is the Star Wars attack on the death star, where Luke Skywalker delivers the final shot just as the Death Star is about to destroy the moon where the rebel base is hidden.