Poverty breeds careful planning and worn-out rubber
In the midst of my recent obsession over an adult-sized Big Wheel, it occurred to me that when I was a kid, I desperately wanted the Snoopy Sno Cone Maker.…
Friendship rating guidelines
In preparing to revise my famous Friendship Application, I was explaining to Bengi, my DJ partner, best man in my wedding, and friend of more than twenty years, that one…
It’s coffee.
New statistic 97.3 percent of all jokes regarding coffee are not funny. Listening to a podcast the morning, the hosts began the show by warning listeners that “Brian just drank…
Handsome not always nice
Can we all agree to refrain from ever referring to any female as a handsome woman? I don’t understand this expression. What does it really mean? “You used to be…
This is one way to make me feel inadequate
When I start to think that writing is hard and writing novels is even harder, I will watch this video and remind myself about how lucky I am. Some people…
An update on my Big Wheel dream
A few important developments since posting about my yearning for a Big Wheel: I learned that one of my friends actually attempted to purchase the adult-sized Big Wheel for me,…
My inner child comes alive
The Big Wheel was just about the coolest childhood toy ever. I was watching some kids on television riding their Big Wheels down the street, and I couldn’t help but…
Differing views on the nature of a loser
A friend recently told me: "The winners in life are the losers who never quit trying." I offered this small bit of rephrasing: The losers in life are the people…
My wife’s lack of physical descriptors don’t prevent me from staring at her constantly
It recently occurred to me that my wife’s lack of physical descriptors would make it hard for me to describe her in a book. “How would you describe me?” she…
Have times really changed that much?
This is amusing and seems to possess a kernel of truth based upon what I read and hear (mostly from non-educators), but I have never experienced a situation like this…
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