Mostly stories about humorous or interesting things that have happened to me.
For this one you are going to have to think back to a certain time. A time when there were no cell phones with cameras on them. A time when there were no digital cameras at all, even the ones in which you inserted a 3.5″ floppy disk. Back to the time when you actually had to take the film from the camera to a photo shop to have it developed. You remember? Good. All the millennials will have to…
I’ve hit a bit of a writer’s block here. I’ve got like eleventybillion (just an estimate) unfinished drafts that I can’t seem to complete. Usually when this happens I go to my fall back 642 things to write about series, but I can’t even get the ball rolling on one of those. My recent health issues have consumed a lot of my time and have also scrambled my brain somewhat. So I’ve decided to take the lazy way out. I’ve…
Getting a colonoscopy is easy. Prepping for one, not so much. I spent the day after Christmas doing what I call “studying” for it. The course of study went a little something like this. Wake up the day before the anal invasion and eat…nothing. No solid food whatsoever is allowed. You can drink clear liquids like water, soda, and Gatorade. No red or purple Gatorade though. Of course, red is my favorite and I had a ton of these in…
It’s been awhile since I told a story. This is not a story about a grand adventure, it’s just a small adventure. Last weekend my son and his girlfriend accompanied me on a planned hike. WAIT! Don’t close the window yet. This is not only a story about hiking again. I swear! Just hang with me a little longer. As I was saying, we drove out early Saturday morning for about an hour drive to a trail I’ve been wanting…
That may seem like a harsh title without any context. It will probably still seem harsh even after I’ve given you some. About 9 months ago my wife suggested that we host Christmas this year for our relatives. I told her sure, yeah, why not? Not because I really wanted to do it, but because I knew that all my relatives were scattered across two countries and this would NEVER happen. Eleven of the relatives that were invited…
No, I didn’t get sexually harassed by Demi Moore at a tech company like Michael Douglas did in Disclosure. Nothing quite that dramatic, but something did happen to me. Before I tell you, let me ask you a question. Can a man be sexually assaulted? I’m sure most of you will quickly say, “Well of course he can!” However, in the back of your mind, do you really believe that? Tell you what, let’s stick a pin in that and get…
Let’s set the scene: Single man is sitting in his condo circa 2001/02 watching TV. It’s probably a Thursday night and NBC is still enjoying it’s Must See TV heyday, so single man is probably watching Friends or ER. *Knock Knock on the front door* Single man gets up and answers the front door where he sees another man holding a clipboard. “Hello,” says clipboard man with a smile on his face. “Hi,” says single man. “I’m in your neighborhood today asking…
“No plan survives first contact with the enemy.” – Paraphrased from Field Marshal Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke “It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no telling where you might be swept off to.” –J.R.R. Tolkien Well, I’m back from my hiking adventure and as you can probably surmise from the title and the quotes that followed, things did not go exactly according to…
Think back. Sorry, yes there is homework in this post. Again, think back. Did all your serious relationships come with a song? You know, that “we have to have a song” type of relationship? I’m sure there will be “non-conformists” that say no. I’m not one of them. When I think back on my past relationships, I can pick five serious ones going back to when I was 14 years old. Michelle #1 (number designation will be apparent in a second), Rhonda, LaManna,…
Another hiking story. I don’t plan these. They just happen. Like literally last weekend. I promise I’ll get back to some rants and banal observations soon. My draft folder is littered with unfinished ones. But for now this is what you get. Should we stay or should we go? If you’ve been following along for the past few months you know that I have been spending some extended time in southern Mississippi for work. Last Friday I flew back…