He who must not be named
Perhaps you've heard that a certain person refuses to get vaccinated in order to play professional basketball because he's "doing what's best for me." This same person also believes that…
Not bed bugs. Just an exceptionally rare species of scabies.
In a recent post, I mentioned that I became the subject of an article in a medical journal after canine scabies managed to burrow under my skin. That's a delightful…
Small business people at work
Charlie, age 9, has begun writing his next edition of The Francis Drive Weekly, a less-than-weekly newspaper that he distributes to neighbors on our street. Hearing about the latest edition,…
Golf is about a lot more than golf
I played golf with my friend, Rob, yesterday morning. Happily, it was just the two of us, because watching us play would've been painful for anyone to see. I played…
Red Sox or Astros: An impossible choice
I'm a New York Yankees fan. I grew up in the Boston area, deep in the heart of Red Sox country, but I hated my stepfather and enjoyed annoying my…
Following in his father’s footsteps. Kind of…
Big week for Charlie. Earlier in the week, he came home with his trumpet, and with just two lessons under his belt, he seems remarkably adept at playing it. His…
It wasn’t a fish bone
Back in August, I made a list of my 18 visits to the emergency room throughout my life, which included: 2011: Bay leaf caught in throat (ambulance) Readers asked about…
Good advice from Gary Paulsen
Author Gary Paulsen passed away yesterday at the age of 82. Paulsen was a young adult author best known for coming of age stories about the wilderness. He was the…
John and me and my stupidity.
Last week I wrote a post complaining about a couple who posed for a piece on the supposed trend of solomoons or unimoons, criticizing both their yearlong honeymoon and their…
Little did I know how things would turn out…
This photo, taken in September of 2004 at Camp Jewell in Colebrook, CT, was handed to me by a fifth grader last week. "My mom wanted you to see this,"…
