The Bern, Switzerland flag is interesting
Interesting fact about Switzerland: It has no capital city. The seat of government is located in Bern, but in an effort to prevent any of its 26 cantons (states) from…
A student, a future President, and Lester Holt
Last week, one of my students said to me, quite casually, "Did you see the Biden interview, Mr. Dicks? The one with Lester Holt?" In a time when a President…
Pandemic lasts
Some pre-pandemic lasts that I'm very much looking forward to updating at some point in 2021: Last movie: 1917, December 2019 Last visit to NYC: February 15-17 Last live show:…
Resolution update: November 2020
At the end of each month, I report on the progress of my New Year's resolutions (or lack thereof). Here are the result through the end of November. PERSONAL FITNESS…
Are these guys as terrible as they look? And was I just as terrible at their age?
Charlie and I played golf yesterday on a small, local course. The group in front of us consisted of three young men. If I had to guess, they were probably…
Ghosted
A friend was recently ghosted by a man who she'd been dating for a few weeks. No phone call. No text message. Just silence. She told me that she's worried…
Snowflake Samuel Alito is right. He is a bigot.
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito recently complained that “you can’t say that marriage is a union between one man and one woman. Now it’s considered bigotry.” Correct, you bigoted snowflake.…
Still kneeling. Still winning.
In case you missed it, the quarterbacks of the Lions and the Texans (among others) both knelt during the singing of the national anthem yesterday. Twitter exploded both in both…
Thankful for possibility
On this Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for possibility. I'm not sure why this has always been my instinct, but I'm always looking around the next corner. Relentlessly exploring uncharted territory. Constantly…
When I was a child, I had a pet raccoon
I saw a raccoon sitting in the road on Sunday morning. Probably not the healthiest raccoon in the world given that it was broad daylight and it appeared unconcerned…
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