I suppose I’m a tad luckier than most that I haven’t had to deal all that much with folks I know dying before their time. When it has happened recently, I’ve tried to go out of my way to at least show up at their memorials if they are open to the public. It’s called … Read more
One of the biggest reasons we pivoted this year to an attempt to use statistics as a way to revisit 2025 was because what we attempted over the last ten days of 2024 went over like a lead balloon. That effort, which we whimsically dubbed “Predictions and Wishes”, was generally ignored by all but the … Read more
NOTE: As has become our custom since we launched this endeavor, we are devoting the last ten days of the year to reprising what we consider to the best of what we’ve mused about in the 355 preceding trips around the sun. But since we’re evolving and we pride ourselves on having a foundation steeped … Read more
Call me either paranoid or pragmatic, but I just simply could not get on the bandwagon of celerating Dick Van Dyke’s centennial under now. You can blame a couple of game show personalities, a coach and perhaps a few of my ex-relatives for that. We are a culture that tends to obsessed with big numbers, … Read more
Well, you somehow made it through Thanksgiving without committing a felony. Yes, I realize that I’m taking a leap of faith by assuming that’s the case with anyone who may be reading this, especially if “you” turn out to be one of the occasional “commenters” who somehow dredge up a musing from two or three … Read more
I have yet another confession. You know how much I’ve been bragging about making those wiser choices in what I put into my mouth, using the standards of the phenomenally fit person who inspired me to finally love myself? Yeah, that halo effect’s been starting to wane of late–more often than not, my days are … Read more
It’s one of THOSE days yet again, so fair warning if you want to skip today’s musing. On top of the usual chazerai that I regularly try to cope with I’m still reeling from some self-inflicted wounds, mostly because I chose to speak up at the wrong time to the wrong person. And, honestly, I … Read more
You know how you know you’re getting old? Shows are having milestone anniversaries–and I remember vividly when and where I was when they started. Such was the case exactly a half-century ago when I was struggling to wake up to schlep to school, a process that had at that point become particularly mundane. I was … Read more
I should be in a bit more of a buoyant mood, what with the Dodgers putting on one of sports’ most thrilling comebacks with back-to-back nailbiters that ended in double plays–the second in extra innings, no less–to lay claim to the first back-to-back set of baseball World’s Championships in a quarter-century. And hey, a recent … Read more
Every time I make the mistake of falling down a social media rabbit hole when I’m battling insomnia, depression or financial anxiety–which at this time of the month is practically every waking moment–I inenvitably regret when I respond with anything more than a thumbs-up emoji or the equivalent. What can I tell you–I’m a glutton … Read more