My wife and I do not watch very much television. Last night, for example, I watched the fourth quarter of the Celtics game. Otherwise the television did not go on.…
I’m hesitant to say that I’ve discovered a new phenomenon, because perhaps it’s been around for a while and I’m just horribly inattentive. I’ve missed other, fairly obvious cultural changes…
On a night when I received stunningly good news about deals that we accepted from Spanish and Italian publishers for my partial manuscript, Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend, the best…
Could someone please explain to me how the banking industry manages to flawlessly dispense millions of dollars in cash each day from the thousands of ATM machines around the country,…
I was a pole vaulter in high school, and a pretty good on until a car accident ended my chances at a senior season. There were three pole vaulters on…
Note: This post has been revised upon the suggestion of a reader. Additions to the original post are made in red. Church organists, in some many, many places, seem to have…
Have you seen the movie Hearts in Atlantis starring Anthony Hopkins? It’s a movie about a man with a mysterious power who is being hunted by “low men.” It’s an…
I didn’t join my buddy at Foxboro Stadium yesterday, and therefore I missed a great football game, won by my beloved Patriots. Since it was Halloween, I sold my season…
Yesterday I worked at a Halloween-themed wedding. Masks were worn by the bride and groom and many of their guests, centerpieces consisted of ceramic jack-o-lanterns filled with candy, and guests…
I hate the song Brick House by The Commodores. But as a wedding DJ, I am forced to listen to the song more often than I want. I think the…
