Category: Brain Dump

Otis funk ramble

Let’s face it. I’m grumpy. I’ve been grumpy for three weeks. I’m a real jerk when I’m grumpy. I’m also not very smart. This weekend, I pulled out of my garage in my wife’s...

Paying Mr. Time Machine

How much would you pay? That was the question. During a fairly long set break at the Yonder Mountain String Band show last night, I was chatting with two dear friends. They’re married with...

Friday Mental Massage: Looking ahead

One of my fellow suburban warriors gets a light in his eye when he finds the much-fabled “something to look forward to.” The bad grammar aside, it’s a suburban warrior’s second reason for getting...

Go crazy with me

Pretend we’ve just had six beers apiece. Pretend we’re sitting in a bar where you can actually hear me talk and the only one interrupting us is the bartender, and he only wants to...

Trapped

I don’t believe problems without solutions. If something doesn’t have a solution, it’s more than a problem. It’s a dead-end, like that story you tried to tell when you went to the emergency room...