Bad Reflexes
Back in the early 1970s, my father bought an old camper that we could electrify by plugging it in to a very long string of extension cords. If we joined all the cords correctly, the […]
Tag: Bill Spencer
Trump Is Lord Super PAC
Democrats need to honestly assess the results of the recent election. Republicans suppress the vote. Democrats work to get out the vote. Which worked better? Championing democracy obviously utterly failed. We have to admit it. […]
Soap Operas with Subtitles
A few weeks ago, the Wordle word was “manga,” which is a Japanese graphic novel. My wife had never heard of it, but I got it because I’ve several times seen that South Korean dramas […]
I Was a Fuller Brush Man
Daddy thought I needed a job, and he had been a traveling salesman himself in his youth, so when he saw the job ad in the newspaper, he urged me to apply. I now believe […]
When to Ignore Your Spouse
Long before she was my wife, Carolyn told me to stop bringing peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to her in her office at lunch time even though she had been accepting them for a few […]
SnakeS in the HouSe
I currently cohabitate with a snake—and I don’t mean my wife. I don’t consider snakes as pets, and yet here we are, my wife, a large snake, and I all living in the same house. […]
What’s Under Bill’s Bed This Year?
You know that feeling you get when you throw a ball of wadded-up paper across a whole room, and it actually goes into the wastebasket? Or when you’re driving you make it through three yellow […]
Yard of the Month
While it’s true that in my family, I might be the least competitive, that’s like saying I’m the least publicity-seeking of the Kardashians. I still treasure the trophy I won in my 20s for beating […]
