This is the third installment in my acclaimed series on moving.* You have now moved from one apartment into a better one. You have worked hard and long to get this new apartment, and are…
Buy some boxes at Staples. Look for any with “made in China” labels and do not buy them. While you’re at it, buy some package sealing tape. The same “made in China” rule applies to…
There are nomads who haven’t moved as much as I have. You’d think I’d be used to it by now. Forget about it. Just mention the word “move” and my brain goes into overload, and…
Part One: Getting There To most people, the years spent at college are like an extended rite of passage. Unlike those imposed by primitive societies, college students don’t have to learn to hunt with poisoned…
On a whim the other day, I decided to go car shopping. Not that I was in the market for a car, but I received one of those flyers in the mail advertising a big…
The day after Thanksgiving: Black Friday! Eeeeeeek! I’m going to call in sick at work, feed the cat, then wrap myself in a blanket and pretend this day doesn’t exist. I will not leave the…
Donnie was sitting in the kitchen eating Tofutti and talking softly with Teenie, a little boy who lived in Donnie’s liver. Donnie never knew how Teenie got into his liver. It must have been all…
Don’t let any of the over-55 crowd tell you that life was better when they were growing up. It wasn’t. I know, because I was there. We didn’t know at the time how miserable we…
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