Cumberland Times-News Jim Goldsworthy - Anything and Everything

Bad as it may be, the other one is far worse

2012-05-19T18:30:13-04:00

One problem I have with being sick is that I don’t always realize I’m as sick as I am.

Forget ‘air guitar’; try ‘air cannon’ instead

2012-05-12T17:33:24-04:00

Imagine that you and your best buddy are 12 years old, and your mom has dropped the two of you off at PNC Park in Pittsburgh to see your first Major League Baseball game.

It's best to beware of unseen hitchhikers

2012-05-05T18:15:11-04:00

One of the questions Capt. Gary and 1Sgt. Goldy get at Little Round Top involves the stupid questions that people ask us.

Whatever the general had, they’d be ready

2012-04-30T10:31:13-04:00

The Confederates have far fancier and more colorful uniforms than we plain-blue Yankees do ... must be a cultural thing.

They respect tradition without knowing it

2012-04-21T18:42:16-04:00

Now and then, something gets the best of my better nature, and I try to take advantage of it — just to watch and enjoy the results. I like to keep folks guessing.

What of those who brought them to life?

2012-04-14T20:44:35-04:00

One risk associated with name-dropping (aside from the possibility that no one will be impressed) is that someone may ask, “Who?” at which point the whole thing falls into ruination.

It’s simple: All you do is show up and eat

2012-04-07T18:34:47-04:00

Here’s an email I received from a friend:
“Someone just made a comment and said to run this by you. I have to do it now since it’s fresh in my mind.” (This person is at least 20 years younger than I am and apparently has no inkling as to the mental adventures that lie ahead of her.)

What have they found to argue about, now?

2012-03-31T21:02:54-04:00

Some of my friends tell me they look forward to reading our editorial page each morning.
“I can’t wait,” says one, “to see what those people are arguing about.”
Those people have had plenty to argue about lately, and while some of they say is informative, part of it is just downright entertaining. Where a few of them get their ideas, I have no clue.

It’s only a groundhog, not a meteorologist

2012-03-24T19:14:02-04:00

A lady I know showed up recently with a magnolia flower in her hair. It was locally grown, and this was in the middle of March.

What did he look like? He looked just like us

2012-03-17T19:50:25-04:00

People I don’t even know call me now and then, just to chat for a few minutes, and sometimes we hang up as friends.
One new friend is the pastor of a church in Pennsylvania, and we seem to have a good bit in common. For one thing, we both believe in ghosts ... or at least, the phenomenon folks refer to as ghosts.