Language Barrier

Several best-selling books over the years have discussed how men and women see the world differently. Some of the books even say that the genders speak completely different languages. Apparently, that’s not good enough for my wife. She has started to take Spanish lessons. Many people might see something like this as a good sign. […]

Priorities

As time goes on, we begin to take the conveniences of life for granted. We refuse to go to gas stations without “pay at the pump.” We don’t even think about using a human cashier when we can ring up our own items. And God forbid we get out of the car to go inside […]

Stop the Whining

Now that the Olympics have started, Americans can put on display the thing they do better than anyone else in the world. Whining. I love a good chance to complain as much as the next guy, maybe even more, but we really ramp it up as a nation when the Olympics roll around. It seems […]

Do You Need That?

I didn’t even really notice that the Golden Globe Awards took place last week. But when I heard about the goodies in store for those in attendance, I sat up and took notice. The audience members received a goodie bag worth more than $1,300 of stuff while the movie stars who announced the winners received […]

Happy New TV Season

Does the air smell sweeter? Are the flowers prettier? Do the chicken wings seem meatier? Yes, folks, television season has started again. Thank God, we can return to our normal lives. I thought the summer would never end. I imagine all the televisions in purgatory are permanently tuned to summer programming. The horror. But Bree […]

My True Calling

I often think I missed my calling. Writing should be a hobby, not my main profession. The confirmation of that fact came this past week as television networks released their fall schedules. Television needs me in charge of things. You sometimes hear about the drug problem in entertainment and the schedules clearly reflected the depth […]