John's Blog

Never Choke in a Restaurant in the South Two hillbillies walk into a restaurant. While having a bite to eat, they talk about their moonshine operation.Suddenly, a woman at a nearby table, who is eating a sandwich, begins to cough. And, after a minute or so, it becomes apparent that she is in real...

No really, please come, there's alot to do, you can sell you paintings on the sidewalk, by a cafe where I hope to be working soon. Seriously, Boston and Quincy are great cities to live in. Besides the history and culture we are known for great medical care and also boast some of the best hospital...

There is mounting evidence that we are in need of a complete overhaul of our healthcare system. The Commonwealth Fund has concluded that "despite spending more (money) on health care than any other industrialized nation, the US overall continues to fall far short on key indicators of health outco...

Some of you thought that Nancy Pelosi was a problem, well what do you think of this fine example of a politician?            Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican in the U.S. Senate and one of the chamber's most powerful members has been indicted today. Another banner moment for the taxpayo...

Where and when is this credit crunch going to stop. I don't know the answer do you? I think it will stop with a new administration. One that will not run the federal deficit to $490 billion dollars or 20% higher than our commander in chief said it would be just this past February. I know that he ...

I was watching HGTV's Design Star with my wife last evening and they were speaking of the devastation in New Orleans that still exists today. It is unbelievable to me that in this great country we can not put people back in their homes a full three years later. I know that many of the displaced h...

Scott Storch is losing his $10 million dollar home in Miami Beach Fl. Just last year this 34 year old was worth an estimated 70 million. Maybe his friends Christina Aguilera and Beyonce can help him out. After all he was their producer. Should I feel bad for him? Well I wouldn't wish it on anyone...

Today in The Boston Globe I noticed an article about a poor soul that was being pressured by her lender with a scheduled auction of her families home. She evidently was afraid of sharing this knowledge with her husband and family. On the day of the scheduled auction about 1.5 hours before it was ...

My home state of Massachusetts is again going to offer a tax free holiday shopping weekend. I know that most of our residents are looking forward to this but I really think that we would be much better served if they lowered the state income tax back to the 5% level that was voted on and approved...