The Dukes Of Hartford
Dad is sitting behind his desk in his law office in downtown Hartford, Connecticut. Across from him sits a young guy. He’s probably nineteen or twenty years old. He and his brother recently got arrested […]
Tag: cars
Keep The Fish, This Kid Wants A Car
My students for this session are already competent drivers. We covered the entire program plus everything else I could come up with in the first four sessions. So today I’m mostly directing turns and fine-tuning […]
Arcadia – L.A.’s Bloomin’ Onion
I recently had the mundane pleasure of spending the day in Arcadia, California. For those of you that have never heard of this San Gabriel Valley suburb of Los Angeles, let me try and help. […]
Unicorn Bites 10/19/13
Don’t kid yourself. You don’t have multiple personalities. As far as I can tell, you don’t even have one. — James Breakwell, Exploding Unicorn (@XplodingUnicorn) October 19, 2013 Autocorrect changed “honor” to “honour” because apparently […]
Unicorn Bites 10/12/13
Pedestrians might have the right of way according to the laws of man, but the laws of physics say my car wins every time. — James Breakwell, Exploding Unicorn (@XplodingUnicorn) October 12, 2013 I’d never […]
Unicorn Bites 10/4/13
My 3-year-old said she likes tea parties, so I made her sleep in the yard. We don’t tolerate politics in this house. — James Breakwell, Exploding Unicorn (@XplodingUnicorn) October 4, 2013 If a guy […]
The Parking Chronicles II
So. I left a note under VKF 521’s windshield wiper imploring him to park more considerately. I didn’t use profanity, but nor did I leave a smiley face or a cheery “Thanks so much!” at the bottom. I was through with VKF’s nonsense, and if my large, […]
The Golden Years
Many people view getting old the way you’d view having the fire alarm suddenly go off while a doctor is inserting acupuncture needles – they don’t welcome it. They worry about slowing down and having […]
Boyz And Da Hood
Danny and I are driving down to Nashville after our college Christmas break. We’re somewhere in Pennsylvania, cruising down the interstate, when the car goes into a spin. We both do what any manly college […]
Jiffy’s Law
Everyone has heard of Murphy’s Law. This rule holds that anything that can go wrong will go wrong. It applies to fertility clinic mix-ups and presidencies under guys with the surname Bush and everything else […]