Author Archives: Bill Kasal

Spend Some Time With a Friend

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Bill Kasal

I met Rich “Da Coach” Gilgallon about 15-years-ago when our mutual friend, Cal Ahlers, invited me to round out a foursome on a Saturday morning.  Cal told me that Rich had been a “big time, east coast, sports-talk guy” who … Continue reading →

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Top Three Ways I Get Likes on Facebook

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Bill Kasal

Once in a while, I use the social network, Facebook, to let my friends know what I’m doing or where I’m visiting.  It’s fun!  I’m not nearly as obsessed with it as I once was.  These things can get

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Premembering a Future

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Bill Kasal

My 4th grade teacher was Miss Rucker.  She was a very sharp cookie.  I had some pretty cool elementary school teachers and, to this day, I still admire them.  But the only comment from a report card that I can … Continue reading →

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The Bloomp Bloomp

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Bill Kasal

I’ve wanted to tell you about this for a long time.  I know I’ve told you about many of the stupid things I did as a child, but for some reason it has been particularly difficult for me to share … Continue reading →

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How Many Rolls of String Does it Take to Get to Hollywood?

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Bill Kasal

I guess it’s Karma that at one point in my life, I produced TV commercials.  It was my penance for devising the plot to end all commercials.  Or, at least, the ones I didn’t like. My diabolical plan came back … Continue reading →

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The Andretti Brothers

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Bill Kasal

Everything is childproofed these days.  There are latches for kitchen cupboards and tamper-proof tops for medications.  There are mandatory helmet laws for bicycles and seat belt and child-seat laws are strictly enforced.  There are safety locks for everything and plastic … Continue reading →

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DIHACU?

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Bill Kasal

One thing the technological age brought with it is acronyms, words formed from the first initials or parts of other words.  We baby boomers knew that many of the words in the 1960’s were acronyms.  NATO is North Atlantic Treaty … Continue reading →

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The Possibilities

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Bill Kasal

I write this as pitchers and catchers begin reporting for Spring Training.  For fans of baseball, it is as much a sign of springtime as melting snow, budding florae and newborn fauna.  To quote my ol’ friend, Shaun Hynes, The … Continue reading →

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The Power of Negativity

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Bill Kasal

I spent a few hours this past week visiting with some friends.  One of the men is attending college with long-term career goals in mind.  He talked with us about a conversation he’d had with one of his professors and … Continue reading →

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Brace Yourself For This!

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Bill Kasal

Hold on to your hats, sports fans!  This is it!  The adventure of a lifetime! I awoke on recent Sunday morning—a normal every day Sunday morning—a light mist hugged low to the ground as the sun warmed the damp grass … Continue reading →

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Rainy Day Gravy

Posted on January 26, 2013 by Bill Kasal

The rain today patters on the roof, but I’m in Southern California so the temperatures accompanying the storm aren’t too low.  Still, the sound of the rain and the dim light rouses the nesting instinct.  On days like this, you … Continue reading →

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Pudocentricity

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Bill Kasal

I know there are thousands of women out there who will say from the get go that there is no need for me to comment on this.  Men’s obsession with a certain part of their anatomy is well documented, well … Continue reading →

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I’m Not A Cat Person

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Bill Kasal

What is it with women and cats?  I have only been with one woman in my life who did not own a cat.  She didn’t like cats and she told me she never owned one.  But she’s the only woman … Continue reading →

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Shopping with a Woman

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Bill Kasal

As far as I can tell, there are two distinct styles of shopping:  My Style of shopping, or The Regular, Normal Way to Shop, and there is Shopping with a Woman.  Let me first explain to you My Style of … Continue reading →

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The Christmas Tree

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Bill Kasal

Another Christmas has come and gone.  The Christmas tree is back in its box and the ornaments are packed away.  At this writing, that makes 59 Christmases for me. The earliest Christmas I can remember was my fourth.  It was … Continue reading →

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Silly Spinning Signs

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Bill Kasal

I was recently driving past a local strip mall and took note of a young man twirling one of those signs which now seem to be appearing everywhere.  They are, it turns out, called Sign Twirlers or Sign Spinners.  The … Continue reading →

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Sparkly, Sprinkly Things

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Bill Kasal

I’ve always liked things that sparkle.  Somewhere in the recesses of what’s left of my mind, there’s a voice saying that, “Boys (men) don’t like sparkly things…”  That probably springs from homophobic prejudice(s) in the West.  Or, it could harken … Continue reading →

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When I Was Immortal

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Bill Kasal

It doesn’t seem that long ago… and it seems a lifetime ago.  Gee, to be exact, it’s my lifetime ago.  I was young and the thought of the end of my life—go ahead, Bill, say death—was not even a blip … Continue reading →

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Blasé and So-on…

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Bill Kasal

I recently saw Daniel Day Lewis in Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln.”  It is a beautifully done motion picture and demonstrated how much effort was made by both Lincoln and others to pass the 13th Amendment, and how close it came to … Continue reading →

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Too Old to Dream?

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Bill Kasal

When I was a child of, perhaps, seven- or eight-years-old, we played Cowboys and Indians or Army Man in our back yards.  We didn’t really have back yards as in the traditional suburban sense.  We lived in a rural area … Continue reading →

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