Saturday, July 31, 2021

July Tweets of the Month

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  • It’s discouraging to see how many old friends have toiled at lucrative careers and are now one-by-one leaving the rat race, while I slog...
Sunday, July 18, 2021

Why am I such a crybaby?

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(657 words) The second most common question asked of me by my daughters, ages 20 and 15,  — and I’m paraphrasing here — is: “Why don’t you  ...
Saturday, July 3, 2021

On July 4th, my response to a decorated officer hinting I'm un-American

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  (658 words) I had a disheartening encounter with an illustrious and once-avid reader this week who declared me as anti-American over — t...
Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Tweets of the Month

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• If the love of money is truly the root of all evil then I must be one of the world's most virtuous men. Money and me, we're barely...
Tuesday, June 29, 2021

30 years w/o a job & notes on my new novel

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(664 words) I spend an inordinate amount of time wondering if my decision in 1991 to skip the whole career thing was a wise career move. I w...
Friday, June 11, 2021

Happy Hour? America could use a Nappy Hour!

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(664 words) A friend and I were commiserating about our lack of sleep when he told me he nearly fell asleep behind the wheel of his Volvo...
Wednesday, May 19, 2021

Seeking a flame in a world that's on fire

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(538 words) The stranger had an air of desperation about him. He fidgeted. He was agitated. He couldn’t find a match. We were in the cl...