So tomorrow I am scheduled to have a birthday. There’s still a few hours before it actually occurs (to be completely technical, it’s 4:10 AM Eastern time) so for those of you who might wish I don’t make it, rest assured you’ve still got hope. And I know there’s at least a couple of people … Read more
At just after midnight, I flipped my calendar over to the side where the pages now turn in the other direction. And then I threw up half of my dinner. I suppose I should be a tad more grateful than I’m capable of being this morning for officially making it to the second half of … Read more
I fully realize an awful lot of people are panicked after the events of Thursday night. That hue and cry grew only louder when a far more robust and hale version of the man who stuttered and fumbled his way through 90 embarrassing minutes proudly and defiantly addressed a partisan crowd yesterday which HUFFPOST’s S.V. … Read more
Recently, a co-worker suggested that I look into using the Nextdoor app to try and generate some potential leads for my part-time job. My company already drops paid ads on the platform so it was felt that anything I might add would appear seamless and enhance the chances of it being influential. Not that I … Read more
As if the Kansas City Chiefs needed it, yet another one of the players for their back-to-back Super Bowl championship team has become a household name. Until he was given the opportunity to speak to graduating students at a conservative college in Kansas, Harrison Butker was perhaps best known as a kicker who’d occasionally bail … Read more
To those of you who are still fortunate enough to have the presence of a mother in your life, whether it’s your actual mom, the mother of your children or someone who is a maternal figure who is present in your life, you have my respect and envy today. And to those of you who … Read more
It is said that death comes in threes, and, sadly, for me once again that was true. But I could have never have predicted this particular trifecta. Yesterday started for me in the wee hours catching up on one of the few broadcast network sitcoms I still try and watch with some regularity, YOUNG SHELDON. … Read more
I missed the Vietnam War era on my college campus by a few years. I didn’t have anyone like Hanoi Jane nor Abbie Hoffman. But I did have Mike and Hugo. Mike and Hugo were the closest things to activists on my frigid campus. Mike also happened to have been elected student body president the … Read more
It’s Sunday, so I suppose a confession would be in order. Yes, I made an impulse purchase. I bought a pair of these. I probably will never wear them again after tomorrow, and if my schedule is off by even a few minutes I may not even use them tomorrow. But tomorrow, so I’ve read, … Read more
On Friday I had a brief phone conversation with an executive who was responsible for hiring for an open position that I was fully qualified for and had been personally recommended to by a mutual business friend. A couple of weeks had passed since my friend told me to follow up by calling the hiring … Read more