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Pine Nuts: Maui’s race to end the arms race (Opinion)
Fifty years ago or so, I cut a football in half (lengthwise), attached a chinstrap, and with the football atop my head, ran Maui’s, “First Annual Race to End the Arms Race,” as an MX... → Read More
Pine nuts: AI is not for me
With the omnipresence of AI, I feel compelled to wrap myself in the 19th century, and make myself at home in the Sandwich Islands of 1866. Presently, I’m on my surfboard, along with a few... → Read More
Pine nuts: What to do
I’ve been contemplating possible new ventures to tackle when I retire, small businesses that do not require driving or flying, and I’d like to share them with you here. First, is the possibility of opening... → Read More
Pine nuts: A future life (Opinion)
What might be my favorite Christmas present I have yet to open. It‘s a gift from a young man I admire, Bryan, who has some issues to deal with in his daily life. You see,... → Read More
Pine nuts: One lucky boy
Nevada is a state of mind. Before you roll the dice, you say, “C’mon, Honey, Baby needs a new pair of shoes!” And everything outside of Las Vegas is Cowboy Nevada, except Incline Village, where... → Read More
Pine Nuts: Corporate trust (Opinion)
News reporters tend to mingle with a wider variety of people than those in most other professions. I happen to know this because for fifteen years before Mark Twain tapped me on the shoulder, I... → Read More
Pine nuts: Run Harry Run (Opinion)
Dateline, September, 2022: “Seventy-three-year-old Man Lands First Job – King of England.” So, what do kings do, anyways? Well, we get an idea about what kings do in Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, when... → Read More
Pine nuts: Mercury in retrograde
Mercury is in retrograde and will remain in retrograde until the 18th of January. So what does that mean? Well, three times a year, the planet Mercury appears to be floating backwards across the heavens.... → Read More
Pine Nuts: Don’t ever put Pam on your snow shovel (Opinion)
Aunt Hazel asked me when I was two years old, “What do you want to be when you grow up, Honey?” Without a moment’s hesitation I answered, “When I grow up I’m going to be... → Read More
Pine nuts: Everybody has a funny bone
Yes, everybody has a funny bone, and it’s the only bone in our body that gives us a longer life. Levity is a healer, and an essential melody of human conversation. In fact, if conversation... → Read More
Pine Nuts: Thanks for the Memories
I was whistling, “Born to Lose,” while waiting to get my booster shot, and overheard a young passerby ask his mother, “Mom, why is that man whistling?” “Because he’s happy, Honey.” And she was right.... → Read More
Pine Nuts: Christmas on the Lode
This is the hardiest lot the world has ever seen. They are the whole-hearted few that see winter through up on the Comstock Lode. They are the squirrels that wear dusters. They make their money... → Read More
Pine Nuts: Relativity
One dazzling Tahoe day not long ago, my gaze fell upon a buttermilk sky, and suddenly, unexpectedly, I perceived time and space mutually … as one. I conjoined with those perfect balls of cotton and... → Read More
Pine Nuts: Thank You Mrs. McQuitty
I’ll never forget the day Mrs. McQuitty appeared in our driveway. She climbed out of an old white Ford, and I’ve never liked Fords since. It was a Monday, and I’ve never liked Mondays since.... → Read More
Pine Nuts: Christmas Cointreau
In full disclosure, I am a terrible cook, no, I am the worst cook in the western hemisphere. When I am left in charge of dinner, guests leave Layne Haven feeling confused and disoriented for... → Read More
Pine Nuts: Secrets to longevity
On the 30th of November I will be celebrating Mark Twain’s 187th birthday by observing some of the secrets to his longevity, a few of which we can share here. “You can’t reach old age... → Read More
Pine Nuts: Putin & Sakharov
Back in July Vladimir Putin quoted and credited Mark Twain. At the time, I suspected he was reaching out, maybe not with an olive branch, but maybe with a twig. He said, “To quote Mark... → Read More
Pine Nuts: The Art of Swearing
I have a good friend whose wife puts a jar out whenever I visit, and makes us deposit a dollar into that jar every time we use a profane word to color our conversation. So... → Read More
Pine Nuts: The Art of Swearing
I have a good friend whose wife puts a jar out whenever I visit, and makes us deposit a dollar into that jar every time we use a profane word to color our conversation. So... → Read More
Pine Nuts: Collective brains
The warring instinct is man’s worst impulse. We eat, drink, and copulate with discrimination, then make war with impunity. There’s a breed of ants that acts out in the same way, and because of their... → Read More