Park, He Said
Lately I’ve been seeing a lot of commercials on television about cars that park themselves. Which is amazing, considering that I can barely park a car at all. I’ve been known to be unable to successfully […]
Year: 2018
Runners vocabulary – explained.
There are many terms that are regularly used by members of the running community but that may be baffling to non runners. So, someday when you happen to be talking to a runner, here’s a […]
How to Make an Atom Bomb While Your Wife’s Away
The wife’s away this week, an opportunity for me to make some of the dishes she bans because they stink up the kitchen; linguini and clam sauce, cedar planked salmon, weapons-grade plutonium. Just like that […]
#$!@# Christmas Ornament!
Before you packed the box of stuff in the basement under the steps, in the attic or in the cubbyhole in the garage, you did a double and triple and maybe even a quadruple check […]
Memo to our kids: The family has decided to downsize
[Author’s note: The following is a memo I plan to send my two daughters upon their college graduations, informing them that they are now officially responsible for their own lives – and phone bills.] MEMO […]
Poetry for Cats
Call me crazy, but I like to write poetry. For cats. Cats are a good training ground for poets. They are largely indifferent to poetry, like the overwhelming majority of people, but that still makes […]
When Your Car Is Smarter Than You
I totally loved my last car, so it’s ironic that it got totaled, which I didn’t love. Normally I’m not one of those who falls madly in love with automobiles. They’re just something to get […]