Family

Straightening Up

I don’t know if anyone else has noticed this little detail, but men and women communicate differently. In my not so humble opinion, the definitive exploration of this obscure phenomenon was written by Dave Barry […]

Family

Lightning Strikes

The other day I wrote about screaming. I claimed that I don’t scream often. Apparently, I was tempting fate with that bold declaration. While driving to work this morning, I shrieked, which is not to […]

Family

The Scream

Photo by Gabriel Matula on UnsplashFew things alarm me more than a blood-curdling, soul-rending, there’s-a-serial-killer-behind-you scream. Anytime I watch a TV show or a movie with the big-boobed bimbo crying out in terror, I always […]

Character

A New Attitude

  There are those days when we all need an attitude adjustment. I remember one time, I was in the mall for some unknown reason that may have been part of a governmental brain washing […]

Family

Old and Shoddy

When I was a teenager the words that would catch my attention in advertising were “new and improved!” Those were the siren song for a young man who thought that new was always better. Who […]

Family

Christmas Time is Here

We did it! The tree is up! And we watched “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” I have always wondered what was wrong with the Grinch. To treat the poor little Whos down in Whoville like […]

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Guitar Heroin

Have you ever played Guitar Hero? That is a cool game that deludes non-guitar players into thinking they are Eddie Van Halen or Lindsey Buckingham. Can I let you in on a little secret? A […]