It’s the high holidays for me, which means the beginning of the Days of Awe and the annual ritual that for believers culminates in the Day of Atonement and the ultimate Verdict as to whether one gets inscribed in the Book of Life for another year. Judging by the reactions I am provoking almost everywhere … Read more
It’s not just 9/11 again, but it’s a milestone one at that. The silver anniversary of one of the most horrific days in American history, and arguably my generation’s Pearl Harbor Day. If you’re old enough to have lived through it, you no doubt have your own personal memories etched in stone of where you … Read more
In calmer and simpler times the only trials I paid attention to were the ones that took place in Bedrock. The Flintstones did spend a disportionate amount of time in courtrooms considering they were a) cavemen and b) supposedly existing in a time long before even The Code of Hammurabi was written. But the show … Read more
Happy Birthday To Me. Yay. Sorry, if you were expecting positivity and gratitude today, you’ve definitely landed on the wrong URL. Then again, if you’re a regular reader you’d probably have known that already. I mean, if you remember my musings from last year, two years ago and three years ago I wasn’t exactly brimming … Read more
Happy semiquincentennial birthday, America, and to those who celebrate. That’s not exactly a word that flies off my fingers with ease, so with your permission I’m gonna make any references to it as SQC. Not that I intend to do so at many points beyond today’s musing anyhoo. But I will admit that I’m more … Read more
This was supposed to be yet another slow day lament about something that was once was that didn’t quite last. In this particular case, today is the anniversary of my first wedding, one I don’t often reference since it was far shorter and ultimately less lethal than my second was–or at least could have been. … Read more
Angel Lynn Boris has turned heads pretty much ever since she was born. One look at her makes it patently easy to see why. She’s unquestionably beautiful; she doesn’t need you nor I to tell her that. 30 years ago today she got one of the ultimate endorsements of that from way more discerning folk–a … Read more
It’s funny how an ostensibly interactive medium remains a one-way funnel most of the time in my case. With rare exceptions do I get any feedback or response even when I post encouraging and positive responses to people. I get that almost everyone else has priorities in their lives like jobs and immediate families that … Read more
I’ve been accused by a few more impatient yet loyal readers of being overly wordy so in a rare moment of TL;DR acknowledgment I’ll put this question up front that I honestly am at a total loss to try to answer: If it’s your show to run, do you prefer progress over process? For those … Read more
When I chose to begin a new life going solo I made a Faustian pact with my sister that I would not fall into the trap that far too many divorced men fall into–exclusively rely upon restaurants or take-out for my nourishment. In between my first and second marriages that defined my own eating habits, … Read more