Now that I’m Old…. You know what birthdays are good for? Well, perhaps for some, they are the opportunity for asking your partner for a bit of extra romantic attention (wink wink), but that’s not quite what I was thinking of here. No, when you get to my age, birthdays are no longer an opportunity […]
Now That I’m Old….
Now that I’m Old…. You know what birthdays are good for? Well, perhaps for some, they are the opportunity for asking your partner for a bit of extra romantic attention (wink wink), but that’s not quite what I was thinking of here. No, when you get to my age, birthdays are no longer an opportunity […]
Why Baseball Perseveres
Why Baseball Perseveres Gosh, baseball is boring. I mean, seriously freaking boring. As in, so boring that I sometimes feel that watching a meaningless mid-season game on television in the doldrums of early June might somehow necessitate fashioning a device to prop open my eyes like a scene out of A Clockwork Orange. Yeah, that […]
It’s Just a Damn Joke!
It’s Just a Damn Joke So I was talking to an old college friend the other day, one of my regular readers- part of my legion of adoring fans who hang dotingly upon each word I write. She hadn’t had time to read my recent column on the disconnect between American mediocrity and our continued […]
We’re Not #1!!!!!
Can you feel the palpable excitement hanging in the air? That’s right, folks: The 2016 Summer Olympics from Rio De Janeiro, Brazil are almost upon us. Less than 90 days away, the Olympics are Americans’ opportunity to embrace their country by wearing egregiously tacky apparel of national pride, fashion atrocities so horrific that they remind […]
Glass Ceilings and Closed Doors
Whatever your politics might be, it is beginning to look like the next President of the United States is going to be taking her oath in a pants suit. However you may feel about it, the smart money right now has to be on Hilary. I’m going to go ahead and say it, folks: This […]
I Go Wherever My Bike Takes Me
I really need to stop answering my phone when I’m riding my bike. That should be a time for myself, right? A moment for self-reflection and meditation, perhaps? As I stumble toward my 45th birthday, that should be my inner sanctum, but I give it away too capriciously. Don’t think, however, that the irony is […]
Trauma on the Monkeybars: An Ode to Fear in the Media
I am not usually at a loss for subject matter. In fact, I generally feel like “writer’s block” is the excuse of hack professional writers who need an excuse for the weed and whiskey bender that lasts for a week, or at least as long as it takes them to binge watch Downton Abbey. […]
Oh the Profanity!
For those of you who are unaware, my uncle is also a writer, and a darn good one at that. Yes, my uncle Geoff has written a wonderful work, Scudder’s Gorge, that speaks poignantly about our potential for both violence and love towards our fellow human beings. In any case, I’m not just trying to […]
I Care Where I Put My Commas
I Care Where I Put My Commas I am going to give you fair warning right now: This shit is about get really nerdy really quick. I do- I care about where I put my commas. I care about exacting prose done right. And in the midst of a chaotic world where no one […]