It's official. Today I am an expert. I have the e-mail right here to prove it, although I soon intend to frame it and post it on the wall right next to my "Printer of The Year" plaque.(Which I paid good money to receive!) The e mail is from Associated editor #3, and if anyone knows experts--it is #3. For those of you who are unfamiliar with #3, he is the heir apparent to #2. AND we all know

The male species has never been accused of being overly affectionate. In fact, women are always criticizing us for not hugging them or taking them dancing. We are especially shy in public, and any show of affection in a public place will get you dangerously close to having to turn in your "guy card". As for women, they claim that a smelly guy is the biggest turnoff, and a sure way to get them

Dave was by this morning. Dave likes to talk fishing. In fact, Dave is a fish blogger extraordinaire. Dave is old school, so he does most of his blogging the old fashioned way--ORALLY. A typical conversation with Dave will start out always in the same fashion. "So, done any fishin' lately?" This is typicaaly just a way for Dave to begin his oral fishing blog. He isn't really interested in your

I have always admitted to being somewhat of a "magazineaholic". More specifically, a fishingmagazine-ad-aholic. I know to most of you these are new terms, and you may have never heard of them, but trust me they exist. By definition, and according to the Izaak Walton-Orvis slightly abridged Dictionary; mag.ah.zeen.ah.haw.lik-- is an uncontrollable urge to constantly read and subscribe to any and

The other day I wrote an article on the bold bravado of a middle aged SUV driving slayer of fish. Fear no fish. Well, today I picked up our local newspaper and the outdoor article du jour was featuring a local fisherman who while Salmon fishing was struck in the eye by a two ounce lead weight. The story is quite sad and the fisherman has lost the vision in his left eye. Purely an accident, the