Ever since my father would recruit me to help with projects around the house, I’ve enjoyed building things, learning how things work, and trying to fix them when they don't. I have never been one to let a lack of…
The boy walked back to his classroom after performing with the school district band in the auditorium. He’d done this several times that year at other schools, but this concert was different—it was at his school. His friends, teachers, parents…
So I watched an instagram video with a journalist standing out in front of the US capital building, excitedly proclaiming that conspiracy people have been right all along and his following story proves it. The government is spraying us with…
In 1991, I traveled with my future wife (who was British) to England. I was 34 years old and had never been abroad. My future in-laws offered to take me anywhere in England I wanted…
If Donald Trump has a super-power – it is breaking the brains of progressive liberal democrats. Here in Los Angeles, I’m surrounded by progressive liberals and I’ve seen countless transmutations of formerly rational people into wild-eyed, raging lunatics because…Trump. Those…
I went on my first real cruise recently. It was fun and a virtual Mecca for people watching. More specifically ‘cruise people’ watching. Cruise people could be considered a particular sub-species of great apes known as ‘Homo Piger Viator’ (the…
A highly organized classmate of mine had brilliantly set the stage for the FIFTIETH reunion of Montgomery high’s class of ‘75, and he did it so well that I felt compelled to dance around on it a little. Well, that…
As someone who has carved out their own path for most of their life, I've come to realize that nothing lasts forever. There are no exceptions. Like death and taxes, the only constant you can count on is that nothing…
Now that Facebook is about as relevant as a Furbie, I feel like it's time to share some of my more snarky ruminations to spectacularly stupid posts I came across on the site over the years. Most of the…
For those of you who haven’t noticed yet – I’ve decided to digitize my catalog of music and throw it into the gargantuan multitentacled global beast that is online streaming. It is remarkably easy: For about the cost of a…