What #SmallChange Can’t Live Without
Based on the New York magazine series, here. Tea I was not much of a tea-drinker back in the old-country, but genes will assert themselves…
On Post-Op Complications
So, after Jordan had been through her dental surgery, she didn’t drink for a week. After June went through hers, she was back to normal,…
The Q&A
Based on the Guardian series, here. When were you happiest? Any time when my wife and I were together, with nowhere specific to be, ideally…
On the Prince Essential 100
So, Prince’s death was a surprise and a shock. He seemed like he would live forever. But this is about one of the inevitable consequences…
So you’re planning to adopt the JCs
Big JC and Little JC are the first dogs we’ve ever fostered, so they’re going to be hard to say goodbye to. We’ll miss their…
On Things I Would Make Illegal
When I am God-King of the Universe, these are things that will be illegal. With punishments swift and severe: Serving a patron Pepsi when they…
A Few of My Favorite Things
I'm a compulsive list writer. I write lists for everything - favorite books and movies, obviously. But lists of bad movies too. And a timeline…
46 Life Lessons for My Children
It's my birthday and, now I have passed the threshold of 45 years, I've decided - in the manner of the excellent and worldly Quindon Tarver's…
On That First Record
My band would be The Three O’Clock Sounds. My biographical first album would be called: Overcomplicating Everything. This would be the cover: Track list: Huh,…
#FridayNightFright 2017
Horror is an interesting genre. It covers a multitude of movies, from cheap home-made efforts to Oscar winners like Silence of the Lambs. The longer…
