With a new administration in place in the nation’s capital, we have heard a lot of talk about unity in recent weeks. I hope everyone joins me in trying to make this a reality regardless of what political party you belong to or who you chose on Election Day. And I know just the way […]
I know that I am destined to live a life of leisure. I know I will eventually escape the daily grind. Until now, I always thought I would achieve this goal the American way, by winning the lottery. I recently found out that the path will go through Australia, and I will actually have to […]
I find myself in a bad situation these days. I should know better by now because I always make this mistake. I have let my hair grow too much. I have this love-hate relationship with my hair. Part of me really likes when I let it grow for a while, but the whole thing becomes […]
I learned a lot of things at college. My academic program prepared me for a career as a writer. Playing a varsity sport provided many lessons about hard work and dedication. My social and leadership activities helped me learn how to work effectively with many different kinds of people. But in my free time, I […]
I generally have a hopeful personality. I try to give people the benefit of the doubt. I can easily forgive. But I have had it up to here with the television industry. Shortly after the new year, the Screen Actor’s Guild will vote on whether or not to strike. Yes, just a year after the […]
At one time, my family’s traditional Christmas Eve celebration featured a big dinner. As we all grew older and my siblings got married, we would all enjoy a dinner of steak and shrimp before sitting down to exchange presents. However, those marriages produced children who didn’t want to sit still and be patient as their […]
A terrible, terrible thing happened on television last night. I didn’t see this tragedy when I wrote this, but I know it did not turn out well. One of the cable networks presented a show called “A Miser Brothers’ Christmas” or something like that. They dedicated 60 minutes to this brand-new program which never should […]
I accompanied my wife on a shopping trip recently. She had to pick up some holiday items so I kind of just hung around the store and goofed off. After I looked at all the stuff that could even remotely interest a guy, I wandered into the scented candle section. I have no idea why. […]
Maria left for work the other morning, and I had the house all to myself. As I prepare to start a new job and end my short sabbatical, I wanted to do something special. So I cooked up some turkey bacon. Actually, I just heated up bacon I had cooked and frozen several weeks ago. […]
I didn’t realize until we got in the car to go to the theater last weekend that Maria, Bridget and I had never attended a movie together. Every other time Bridget wanted to see a flick, I would take her while Maria worked. Nothing had come to town which compelled all of us to head […]