Here we are in the first few glorious days of 2018 and I’m sure by now we are all sick and tired of hearing “Get a new you for the new year!” Or “Start your year off right and let’s hit the gym!” (or some other “bettering yourself habit or behavior modification.) Now, if I […]

Here we are at that time of year when after Memorial Day we now start getting into the Christmas Season. Some retailers tried to get the jump on things and started to already put their Christmas stuff out on Halloween night, but, for the most part, the retail establishment has practiced a quasi-amount of discretion. […]

Yeah, I know it’s been a while since I’ve posted something, but I’ve got a really good excuse this time. And, believe it or not, I think there isn’t a person reading this blog has experienced something like what I’ve just experienced and then wished for a custom-made thermos-nuclear device to eradicate this situation. The […]

Tell me what you think about the following: What has four letters, sometimes has nine letters but never has five letters. Don’t know what to think about the above? Here, let me put it another way: What has 4 letters, Sometimes has 9 letters but Never has 5 letters. Now, when you read the statement […]

This has indeed been a very strange week. So, in order to create something together for your reading enjoyment, I’ve decided to put together some random thoughts as to explain some of the events that I’ve lived through this past week. For example, where I live we have been experiencing triple digit weather. Now, for […]

In Act-V of Scene-IV of William Shakespeare’s play Richard III, the main Character, who by some strange coincidence was named Richard III, said the following line: “A horse, A horse! My kingdom for a horse!” When I read that, I got to thinking that if you only needed a horse to take over or save […]

Well, it finally happened. And to be honest with you, I never thought this occasion would ever happen while I was still a functioning carbon-based life form. I actually had a life event that I’ve only seen in movies, read about on line or in magazines of dubious character. I am talking about, of course, […]

What is it with people and reunions? First of all, to have a reunion you had to leave or get away from a place or a certain group of people, go out into the world and make your way in life. Now maybe I am being a wee bit cynical here, but, for the most […]

Normally, when I sit down to write either a blog post or a chapter, I usually put as a heading/title the words “Working Title.” The reason that I do that is that I usually first write the story/chapter/blog post in question, then after reading it, editing it, crying over it for about 3 hours, then […]

Let’s face it. We’ve all had days like that where we didn’t want to put on our big boy/girl pants and just go back to bed. I mean, who came up with this whole “Adulting” thing anyway? It wasn’t me, I promise you. And yet, most of us just shake it off, get dressed, have […]