Patience is a virtue best learned cold. At least for me it was. Every Christmas morning when I was growing up, my family would gather in a circle and…wait for it…take turns opening presents!! It was truly Rockwellian if Norman Rockwell painted scenes of family torture. You may be asking, Read more…
My friends and I often wonder about time travel. How cool it would be to go back and change various events. I wonder that as a fan of history. Some of my friends just wonder it in general, then gloomily excuse themselves to take a call from their wives. No, Read more…
I recently put my car in the shop because it needed a new catalytic converter. When I told that to a friend of mine, he accused me of hating my car because I referred to it as “it” and not “she”. He explained that cars should be treated like women, Read more…
I feel horrible. I’ve been fighting the big bad flu for a week now. It’s even more terrible than they say it is…which is to say, I didn’t know my eyeballs could pulsate like my car windows do when I’m stopped beside another driver in Queens. I have body aches, Read more…
In 1993, DC Comics printed a comic book in which Superman died. I waited over two hours to buy it. It takes a lot for a grown man to admit that he gave Superman that much credibility in his life. I’ll never admit to something like that again. In fact, Read more…