Gee ... I always wanted to write a book. I never thought I would but then again I could be wrong. Here is a collection of some of the past few years "rants" as broadcast on WDMT 102.3 The
Mountain as part of my show Rising at Ten.It is my attempt to make sense of life in northeast Pennsylvania. I am always and forever a study of humans. Here are some of the topics I examine: *
All I wanted to do was fill the car up with overpriced gas. * Although my physique doesn�� show it I have spent much of my adult life in one gym or another. * Apparently my back yard is some
sort of party central at night and I wasn�� invited. * It�� a rare motorist in northeast Pennsylvania who hasn�� had an encounter with a deer. * During the holiday season, the number of stupid
drivers increases by a factor that I can�� begin to calculate. * Hi, my name is Jim and I am an email addict. * I am not really that hard to please. * I am the clumsiest person I know. * I gave
up smoking in the time when cars still had ashtrays. * One of my pet peeves is people who ask, ��ho�� calling?��when they answer the phone for someone. * I have never really had a run in with
the police. * I know more about the guy, sitting across from me at lunch the other day, then I want to. * I should have suspected something was amiss when I saw the sign. * I think that our
experience with birthdays goes in cycles. * I sit upright at the table and don�� chew with my mouth open. * I try to present a lighthearted demeanor to the world. * I was on a road trip the
other day ��a long one ��about six hours in a car with a couple of other radio guys. * I wish I understood how money works. * I wonder sometimes what would happen if the thin line between
civilized behavior and no holds barred, bull goose loonyness were to be crossed. * I have never been in a real fist fight. * I read something the other day that stopped me in my tracks. * It
was a strange Sunday morning and it just kept getting weirder. * It�� a little like seeing someone naked that you really don�� want to. * Modern life has all sorts of interesting ways to stress
you out that our ancestors didn�� have to deal with. * My long suffering wife claims that I used to dance to the Billy Ray Cyrus song ��chy Breaky Heart.�� * Parking lots shouldn�� cause your
blood pressure to rise. * So the biggest news according to a local newspaper is that there will be beer to drink in Kirby Park during the Fourth of July holiday. * So the new
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport terminal will be open soon and boy, I can�� wait. * Sometimes you have to wonder about the thought processes that go on in our rulers��minds. * There
must be a parallel universe where people who write letters to the editor live. * This is a dirty subject but I have to talk about it. * We knew were in trouble when the two truckloads of
huskies passed us. * Whoever said that a man�� home is his castle hasn�� been in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania lately. * Why is it that some guys insist on calling you nicknames? * With all due
apologies to the hundreds of restaurants in the area that serve buffets ��I can�� stomach it. * It�� the holiday season and whoop di do hickory dock, don�� forget to have your gun cocked
��they��l be ripping off your safe tonight.
