I believe that birds make pacts with our dogs when they build their nests in our yard. The dogs keep...
My children constantly surprise me. Last month when we were visiting Walt Disney World we splurged and let them play...
to what end, all this rushing around and dominating the competition? gold? this is man’s destiny? to hoard gold and...
When I broke into advertising, I was all about the high concept stuff that left an impact on people. Creating...
Life is hard enough without having to deal with bad drivers who don’t use their turn signals. And it’s more...
The window is constantly shutting. It does not care about your five year plan. Opportunities to live appear in every...
What if we are all really just ants? Slaves to the machine. Blinded by conformity of the way things...
Make no mistake, I’m no fan of the Boston Red Sox. I used to like them back in the day...
Angels constantly swirl around me. Some are beautiful. Some are violent. Some have bad teeth. They protect me from those...
Dear All Dogmatic American Party Liners, We Unaffiliated American voters are pissed off at what you’ve done to our...
I don't like giving advice. In fact, I hate it. It's not that I don't like helping people, there are...
This year my family took its summer vacation to the Central American nation of Belize.
You are what you eat. It’s an idiom kids in the 70s grew up with that made us think about...
I used to know a guy named Bump. He was a metal worker in my dad’s sheet metal shop. Bump...
In 2001 I became a parent. I chose to become a parent. But like everyone else who is a parent...
I am white. I am a male. I was born in the United States in the 1960s. I had nothing to do with any of these things. And yet, these things define me.
I never want any more than I need. And I swear to God this makes me feel like an outcast in America.
I love the movies. They’re an escape from a world that at times feels like it only wants to beat you down. Here are my Oscar takes for 2019.
One day in the near future, President Donald Trump will have an encounter with his maker. Only it won’t be like he expects.
You have a job. And that job is where you work. But, unless you’re a writer, how I work probably doesn’t look like work to you.
About 25 years ago I injured my back working UPS in NYC. I was in the physical prime of my life and pulled up lame schlepping what felt like car batteries up the steps of a brownstone in Riverside. It…
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