Political Meme

Political Meme

The other morning I paged through my Instagram feed and stumbled across a political meme I disagreed with. It was a from a guy I’ll call “Ferrari Frank 345” (FF345).  Besides advocating a position clearly counter to my own, FF345’s post was mean-spirited, vulgar, and...
Why I Never Check Luggage

Why I Never Check Luggage

There are a lot of reasons why I don’t ever check my bags when I get on a flight: First, I believe that there are only two kinds of luggage; carry-on and lost. Case in point, Gloria and I attended an over-the-top 50th birthday party in Austria that included a...
People Don’t Know What They Want

People Don’t Know What They Want

A lot of people don’t know what they want, what their goals and aspirations are or what they are capable of. Because people don’t have a good understanding of who they are and what they want, offering them bromides about “being all they can be,” or “grabbing life by...
The Gift of Menopause

The Gift of Menopause

Last week there was an article in The New York Times by contributing opinion writer Margaret Renkl titled, “The Gift of Menopause.”   Granted, no matter how sensitive I try to be to the daily experiences of my wife and other women in my life, I cannot truly understand...
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