Articles Tagged “Skip Miller”
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Worst List Takes a Powder
Written by Skip Miller I remember the day well: An early April edition sprinkled with just a tinge of March, sun shining brightly, and pink blossoms on the trees that produce such things. Somebody’s dog…
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A Fairy Tale About Wifely Behavior
Written by Skip Miller My wife tells me what food to eat and what clothes to wear. If I get out of my chair she wants to know where I’m going; if I sit down…
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A Tough Pill to Swallow
Written by Skip Miller Some time between the third cup of coffee and that other thing I swallow a handful of pills. I’m not going to tell you the names of them. I will, however,…
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Aggression: A Daily Companion for Americans
Written by Skip Miller Every day seems like a journey through the whirlwinds of aggression. Little wonder one in every 100, or 2.3 million, Americans are in jail. A boggling 46 percent of Americans have…
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The World is Ending!
Written by Skip Miller {But don’t worry, we’ve still got your horoscope} If you’re not sure about going all in on the December 2012 doomsday flop, you’re undoubtedly interested in what else the new year looming…
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The Galaxy of Diseases We Call Cancer
Written by Skip Miller President Richard Nixon never declared “war on cancer.” The country already was fighting one war and it was named Vietnam. It did not need another, no matter how lofty the objective.…
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Ancestor Man: Science Finds Him Guilty of Introgression
Written by Skip Miller Back in the day when elephants wore dreads and the lions and tigers and bears came in super sizes, our ancestors apparently weren’t too picky about who they dated. Scientists—how do…
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Unhappy Hour: Alcoholism’s Bomb Is Still Being Built
Written By Skip Miller One afternoon a forlorn looking man walked into a bar. He ordered a double Jack Daniels on the rocks, drank half of it and went to the jukebox. He played Drops…
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Busted by the Belly Cops
Anything you eat can and will be held against you Written by Skip Miller A Boston doctor with good intentions wants the government to liberate obese kids from their parents. Put the kids in foster…
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A Family Picnic is No Time for Excuses
Written by Skip Miller How my great grandfather came to be named Lavier was a family mystery he promoted. He said he was named after a hero of the Revolution, a champion, and/or a stage…
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A Workout Based on a Lot of Bull
Written by Skip Miller When Hercules was a little boy he was given a calf and told to pick it up and carry it around each day. Unlike today’s children Hercules did not have something…
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Just Stop the Huffing & Puffing
Written by Skip Miller I was at the Tavern – every college town has an establishment named the Tavern – burning time before catching up with my girlfriend. For a reason that has never been…
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COOL BEANS: Blame the Tin-Heads for Your Chocolate Craving
Written By Skip Miller Once upon a time an Aztec prince came across some beans that didn’t look like any he had ever seen before. He took them home for experimentation.
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Water Break
Written by Skip Miller If you’re old enough to read this you have consumed your share of fluoride. It is in everything you eat and drink, too often in the air you breathe. Most of…
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Catching a Ride on the ‘Heartache Express’
Written by Skip Miller While I was going for a gurney ride down a corridor at Riverside Regional Medical Center, my father-in-law was taking a similar ride at Cape Fear Valley Hospital in Fayetteville, N.C.…
