Every once in a while I like to go back and read old columns, see if any loose ends need to be tied, corrections or updates need to be made. Usually I don’t like reading the old stuff, because — well a lot of it sucks. Writing is an art that takes time. Style and […]
Is there something wrong with me? Am I a ‘bad? man? I only ask these probing questions of you, because at night, before beddy-bye time, when I reflect upon the day that just was, I sometimes ask myself these same questions. And, these introspections usually follow the reflections of ‘Did I do all I could […]
This best of the best Don’t Rush Me first appeared Jan. 9, 2013. When I first started typing columns back in 1986, one of the first ‘gems? of journalistic dribble I labeled Don’t Rush Me recorded (lamented) the fact I had found my first gray hair. At that time, when I was about 22, I […]
We are a fickle lot, we humans of American descent. I think we forget sometimes how hard the world can be. We live in an area that is fare to middlin? to high rent and bad things can’t happen here, to us, the privileged. Can it? Of course bad things happen every day, all around […]
Yep, it’s official we’ve watched another ball drop, and I am not talking about the disappointing receiving efforts of your Detroit football Lions. I’m talking about that symbolic gizmo that mechanically, ever-so-slowly moves its way down a pole in New York every Dec. 31. Why folks say that ‘ball drops? is beyond me. It ain’t […]
This weekend whilst erecting the Rush fake Christmas tree, I started to harken back to the Christmases of yore. The boys were not at home, so I had plenty of time for thoughts. Often I fret over not gifting the correct, or good enough presents and thoughts during this past weekend’s fake tree rising started […]
I walked into one of the financial institutions I bank with last Friday and saw an old friend. A fruitcake for sale. And, I remembered a column I wrote about these fruit cakes and said so. ‘Hey, I wrote about these five or so years ago.? The teller smiled and tried to ignore my small […]
By the time this column hits the streets, the first week in December, 2013 will be in full swing. That means it’s only a few short weeks to Christmas. And, that means I am still on track for gift purchasing to take place in about 21 days. Which means if I can save a dollar […]
I’m always grateful folks take time out their lives to read the drivil I pump out. I am amzed when asked to re-run a specific column. That said, a reader asked for a Thanksgiving column. I’ve penned lots of Thanksgiving columns in 28-plus years, but I think it might be this one. Before I get […]
I kinda know myself. And, if I am anything I am a procrastinator. While I may have a former spouse or two who would call it just being lazy, I tend to think of my procrastination inclination as a good thing. It keeps me sharp and keeps me on my toes. This past weekend was […]