Serious geography geek material
I am a geography geek. When I was eight years-old, I was given an atlas and a globe for my birthday. I was in heaven. Unfortunately, this was also was…
The boys at the Big Swim Meet had no idea how fleeting boyhood is. Once gone, you will long for it forever.
This bit of newspaper was printed circa 1930. It describes the “Big Swimming Meet” at Yawgoog Scout Reservation, the same place where I would spend my summers half a century…
Someone ruined cookies, too.
Yesterday is was bastardized ice cream. Now someone has gone and ruined cookies, too. Actually, I don’t think these qualify as cookies anymore.
Sometimes a cell phone holster can tell you a lot about a person
I know. I shouldn’t’ judge. At least that’s what I am told. I’m not really sure why judging is bad. I think the general feeling is that by abstaining from…
My wife is annoyed by our 10% deal. I’m so glad.
My friend and I struck a deal about ten years ago at the poker table. In the unlikely event that either one of us earns one million dollars or more…
Posthumous vindication sucks.
On this date in 1456, Joan of Arc was declared innocent for heresy. Unfortunately, she was declared innocent 25 years after she was burned at the stake. Being incorrectly burned…
Carte Blanche Summers: My first column
Look what showed up at the house today! Seasons magazine, and my first column, entitled Carte Blanche Summers. The magazine publishes in four different markets (soon to be six), which…
The payoff for a writer or a performer is an infinitesimal sliver of the job. Too many forget this and aren’t willing to do the work.
Saturday was a good day for me. It began with the first performance ever of “Caught in the Middle,” the tween musical written by writing partner, Andy Mayo, and myself.…
The best clause in any contract ever
Samuel L. Jackson has a clause in all his movie contracts stating that he gets two days off a week to play golf and the producers must pay for it.…
