Back in July, Mary Jo and I took a quick road trip (2 1/2 hours) up to a place we had stopped in once before: Greenville, SC. We needed to knock out a Marriott night to keep our points active. And, heck, a little weekend getaway is something we all should do more often. Right?… Read More The joy of the minors
My fondness for movie musicals can be traced back to two I saw during my kidhood: “The Music Man,” with Robert Preston and Shirley Jones, and “Bye Bye Birdie,” with Ann-Margret and Ann-Margret. Let me put this on the table right now: “Bye Bye Birdie” came out in 1963, which predates my awareness of film… Read More Movietime: La La Land
I do some work, maybe once a week if I’m lucky and can get out, from a coffee shop. I say coffee shop because it sounds a little exotic; some dark and cozy spot with hipsters reading books and surfing their phones, the smell of rich java in the air, some gluten-free muffins in the… Read More Scenes from a coffee shop
When you’re young and invincible, which I’m pretty sure I once was, health insurance sits on your “List of Things to Consider … Someday,” slightly below stashing cash into a 401k and way above picking out a burial plot. I’m young! I’m invincible! I’ve never spent a day in the hospital in my life! It’s… Read More It’s just not healthy
Maybe she thinks I know something Maybe, maybe she thinks it’s fine Maybe she knows something I don’t I’m so, so tired, so tired of trying It seems to me that maybe, Pretty much always means no So don’t tell me you might just let it go We all have our guilty little musical secrets.… Read More Lyrical: Jack Johnson
As parents, we teach. It’s kind of our duty. We try to guide our kids through the rapids of their young lives before, you know, the canoe hits the waterfall. As parents of an only child … hoo, boy. The teaching never stops, simply because the ratio of students to teachers in our household is… Read More Ask for the puppy
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