When you were a senior in high school did you go on a Senior Trip, as a class prior to graduation or individually with friends after graduation? My senior class at Shelbyville Central High School had a class trip prior to graduation. We went first to Pensacola for a brief stay and then to New Orleans...

I was informed late this morning my cardiac surgtery has been moved back one week to Thursday, May 15. While I don't like the delay after getting mentally ready for surgery this Thursday there is one part I like. The surgery on May 15 will be the first of the day at 7 a.m. while a 12:30 p.m. start time had been set for this Thursday...

Oil giant Exxon Mobil reported first quarter profit at $10.9 billion Thursday. So, oil climbed up over $3.50 per barrel Friday. Do the oil giants have a kind of nation all their own with with their unimpeded greedy thumb on all other of what we normally think of as political nations?...

Has there ever a few minutes earlier in your life that you have recalled many times? A few of those minutes I've recalled often took place the day I was honorably discharged from the U.S. Navy. About 30 minutes prior to receiving our discharge papers and returning to civilian life, the 40 or so of us being charged were called out to stand in ranks...

Looking ahead to Saturday and the Kentucky Derby, have you ever attended a horse race? Did you place a bet? Did you win or lose? I knew a chief petty officer while in the Navy who read all the racing news in the Los Angeles newspapers. He never actually placed a bet, but he wrote down his choice of winners each day and checked the results the following day...

Forget the draft experts. One a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being optimistic and 1 being questionable, how do you as a fan rate the draft choices and undrafted free agents the Tennessee Titans have at this time?

Have you ever been bothered an extreme amount by a person outside your polling place attempting to get you to vote for his or her candidate? Has there ever been a case when one of them caused you to change your mind?

What is the most unusual thing that ever happened to you while on vacation? I guess my most unusual was on a vacation with my wonderful wife in Paris. All had gone extremely well until we arrived at Orly Airport for our return flight to New York. We arrived with time to spare...and immediately noticed our flight had been cancelled...

Taking into account global demand, unbridled greed and the extent to which we may have been Bush-whacked, what do you think is a reasonable and fair amount Americans should pay or a gallon of gasoline?