Random Thoughts by Mark Milliorn

I didn’t know there was a local Occupy Something group until I read a story in the local newspaper about a young woman who had, at the time...

Volkswagen is sponsoring a new and fun initiative—literally.   It is called the TheFunTheory.Com and as the website explains, “ This site i...

Sandy, a colleague of mine at Enema U, was bragging this week about her husband rescuing her from imminent doom: he changed a flat tire on ...

Not long ago I was driving across West Texas.   It had a long time since Interstate 20 had been repaved and the tires hitting the sundried c...

Someone once described a boat as a hole in the water which you try to fill with money.   While I have no direct experience with boat owners...

In 1971, I was a house dick at the Shamrock Hilton Hotel.   In case you don’t know, a house dick is not a freelance fluffer, but a security...

Enema U is having its annual drive to help raise awareness in the fight against breast cancer; Spineless Enough To Be Coerced Into Wearing P...

This country is either in a recession or so close to being in one that the difference only matters to television economists.   Despite what...

For the last few years, Enema U has been conducting an interesting psychological experiment.   As the university is blessed with an abundan...

During World War II, the Army Air Corps trained navigators in San Antonio, Texas.  There was a critical shortage of classrooms, so a loca...

The Doc and I are empty nesters.  Almost.  When I met my wife, she was pre-doc, and for a while we had only cats, then we had children and c...

It has been thirty years so I can safely tell the story--I think the guy in question is probably either dead or in jail by now.   In any cas...