Unaware and Don't Care

 For a good, long time (since the late 1980’s), I’ve worn a hat.  Until recently, it’s always been a baseball cap.  I once had this grand idea that I would get 366 baseball caps, one for each day of the year, plus 1 outrageous one for Feb 29th.  That plan never came to fruition,...

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The Bread Shelf Boy

 I began dating the woman would become my wife, L, in 1987. I was a Junior in high school. She was a Senior. After she left my house on the night that she first met my parents, my mom said, “She looks just the same.” As you can imagine, I was a bit stunned by this comment. “What do you mean?”...

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Three Little Words

 I HATE television shows that end with “To be continued…” After spending approximately an hour going through the emotional ups and downs of the characters as they search for one of their friends who had been kidnapped by an elite criminal organization…and that friend is being tortured and about...

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Tell Me Lies, Tell Me Sweet Little Lies

A good number of years ago when my daughter, S, was in third grade, her school had a technology fund raiser. These particular funds were raised by students selling items from the Sally Foster Catalog. Of course, there were incentives designed to motivate the students to sell. If a student collected...

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Jansky Is A Baby Chocolate Cake

 This content was previously published in May, 2009.   Did anyone ever give you a nickname that upset you?When I was little, there was a kid who lived up the street from me. His name was Donald. Donald and his little brother, Nick, were good friends of mine. It’s weird, but I can’t recall...

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35 Random Facts About Me

I once crammed an entire jumbo-sized Moonpie in my mouth.I have been licked by a giraffe.I've seen the movie Star Wars well over 1000 times.When observing passers-by, I pretend I'm Johnny from Stephen King's The Dead Zone and come up with some downright AWFUL things about each one.Every time I...

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