Reunited and It Feels…So…

Bad.  It feels bad, alright?
            As I walked through the aisles of a local mall (an old high school haunt), I heard my name being squealed out above the speaker muzak.  When I looked up, there stood across from me, an old high-school chum that I had only remembered because of a very funny incident [...]

Will The Real Anne Rice Please Stand Up?

Dear Anne, Okay.  I’ve been a fan of all your previous novels.  I have.  Your ability to capture all of the details of my life were as good as Marius’s paintings.  I’ve loved your depiction of our little collaboration on the Vampire Chronicles and of course, our famed
MayFair witches.  Many have caught our newer endeavors on Broadway [...]

When Too Much Is Really Too Much

There are too many numbers in the world…

Account Numbers
Customer Numbers
Paint-by-numbers
Purchase Order Numbers
Serial Numbers
Confirmation Numbers
Phone Numbers
License Plate Numbers
Conference Call Numbers
Invoice Numbers

And too many dates…

Birthdates
Service Dates
Period Dates
Anniversary Dates
Play Dates
Speed Dates
Meeting Dates

Too many codes…

Pass Codes
Access Codes
Data Codes
HTML Codes

There’s just much too much of it all. The Information Superhighway has now become a multi-lane traffic jam.  Let’s stop this [...]

The Difference Between an Eskimo Pie & A Burrito:

Today is an unseasonably warm day in a series of unseasonably warm days.  Some years ago, some people actually said that due to the startling changes in the Earth’s atmosphere or something, we were supposedly heading towards the next Ice Age?  When’d that change?  Oh, some polar ice caps melting…right.  But, I guess I’d never [...]

Lemme Tell You Just How Stupid I Am

Today I was supposed to go to work.  Sara, who’s still in high school had the Jewish Holiday off.  I prepared to go to work today by going to bed semi-early.  I thought briefly about what I was going to order for lunch today.  I made sure I had enough change for the train.  But [...]

Copper’s Not Just An Element on The Periodic Table:

A penny for your thoughts, gov’nor?  A penny saved is a penny earned?  Anyone who’s heard these old phrases will probably think fondly of their parents.  Or, will cringe.  I hope that it’s the prior.  I hope.  Why?  Because pennies are often the afterthoughts, the under-appreciated denomination in the loose-change department.  We step on them, [...]