A Late Starter Dawdling Through Life
The Wizard of Oz is a great movie. No question. Like most people who grew up on it in the age of television, I’ve probably seen it close to a hundred times. It’s an Easter perennial, like The Ten Commandments … Continued
It happened again Saturday night. My wife was on the couch, I was in the recliner, and we were watching Saturday Night Live. Halfway through one of their skits, as regular as church bells, she asked, “Is this really the … Continued
Is there a way to recover from self-humiliation? I’m not sure, but I’m still trying. A few months ago, my wife and I decided to take advantage of some free tickets she had received to a comedy club in Austin. … Continued
I have a sad announcement today. It is with deep regret that I have to announce the loss of a friend on Facebook. Someone I’ve known since high school just unfriended me. Despite my best efforts to keep this cyberfriendship … Continued
Noise. You can’t escape it. Used to be you could pull up to the gas pump, pop open the gas cap, and pump the tank full while enjoying the peaceful sounds of passing traffic and getting high on fumes. Now, … Continued