Helping where you can
What you see on the left is about 1/3 of what it takes to make a meal for 20 people. One of our neighbors is going through a really horrible thing right now. I...
Category: Friends & Family
Unmoved
My first movie memory comes at age six and half. It was the summer of 1980 and I was in the backseat of my dad’s black mid-70s Monte Carlo. I don’t know if the...
Mastodon Weekend: Devoted to devolution
It was a cold rain by the time I fell asleep Saturday night. By Sunday afternoon, half-dollar sized flakes were dropping from the sky with nothing resembling grace. It was a wet, sloppy snow...
Recovery
I just spent an amazing weekend with some amazing friends. I may get around to writing about it at some point. Right now, I have a lot of stuff to catch up on. In...
Devolving
It all started when a friend named Al needed to get out of Philly for a while. His life had taken a few turns and he was planning to go to the Keys and...
Wake up
So, I’ve been working on the house this weekend. After many months on the road and a couple weeks of reconnecting with the family, I finally got around to doing a bunch of stuff...
Friday Mental Massage: The hits keep on coming edition
We haven’t done a Friday Mental Massage in some time, so let’s pound one out–primarily because I’m in desperate need of a real massage. I tweaked something in my neck/back six days ago. On...
At ease, soldier
I had a number of things I wanted to write about today, but nothing seems more important than this. My buddy Daly is now officially at ease. That’s him today with his discharge papers....
When you gonna put the paint on my belly?
Katie looked at me and pulled out her tools. I looked back and remembered I hadn’t worn my wedding ring. I felt guilty as the blond, taut woman put her hand on my arm...
She showed me her no-penis
If you had asked me what I hoped to be doing the first time my son announced he had seen a hoo-haw, I would’ve said “cooking bacon.” Men are men around bacon. I knew...
LazyWeb thanks and yet another question
Despite not being officially on the road this week, I am road-busy. I have two or three irons in the fire. Add that to my normal workload and a quick trip at week’s end,...
Working from home not working
“I don’t know how you do it.” That’s what most people say when I tell them I work from home. Their eyes get even wider when they see the size of my house. It’s...
Groundhog Day redux
So, yesterday I said I planned to spend today writing about the days in my life that I wouldn’t mind living over and over again. I still may do that soon. I’ve been characteristically...
Adventures in customer service (Part 1)
I like to produce as much as I like to consume. I think it has something to do with my heretofore unstated need for validation and affection. My insurance doesn’t pay for therapy, so...