It has become a bit of a ritual for us. Every Saturday morning we go get breakfast at one of our favorite breakfast places (they serve other meals, too... but bagels are their thing, and they have good coffee). We are there often enough that the servers know us by sight, if not by name. […]
Turkey Update I OK... I am ready to get started. Just a question... How do you get the feathers off? Turkey Update II The police just left. Seems the neighbors heard the squawking, and thought that there was a domestic dispute. The cops had to sit in the driveway a few minutes to stop laughing […]
I am generally pretty slow to anger, but once I am angry, I am even slower to let it go. When I was sixteen, I got my drivers license. My parents insisted that if I was going to drive, I needed to get a job and pay for the gas. I promptly went out and […]
He sat at a table, waiting for his date. He was thirsty, but wasn't ready to take a sip from his water until she showed up. He had an excellent view of the door from his seat, an after a few minutes, a woman walked in. She whispered something to the hostess, and then walked […]
I am just a few days from departing on my twice-annual pilgrimage to the place of my birth, Washington, DC. Whenever I go back, I often find myself immersed in nostalgia for things that I remember from my childhood - Some rather impressive and grand, such as school field trips to the Smithsonian, and others […]
My partner and I have been together since 2002, and today is our fifth Easter together. Her family has some traditions, and I've happily integrated them into my annual rituals... but since I've been a part of the family, I've put my mark on their family traditions, too... One of the places that I've changed […]
Back in my early college days, I had a number of majors, including physics and computer science. Imagine my dismay when I found that there was no way of avoiding the art classes on the way to getting my degree. The art class was actually an epiphany for me, opening me up to a new […]
A man says to his dog, "There are some things that I understand about dogs, but it seems to me that it isn't enough just to know the facts... For example, I know that for each human year, it is the same as seven years for a dog... but the idea of a year and […]
I read. A lot. Mostly I read newspapers, essays, journals and other non-fiction items. Of course, a lot of it is online, but you have to admit, the selection online is rather good. I generally don't have the time to sit down with a book... When I travel, I generally make a stop at the […]