I am reminded of two personal gasoline-related incidents as pump prices inch ever closer to the $4-a-gallon mark. One incident involved my truck engine once running for five straight hours even though I didn”t drive an inch, and the other featured me having a heart attack that I never really had. Idle Mind I was on […]
I was in attendance one night as Rush Limbaugh spoke to a large crowd, and whether you share his political beliefs or not, the guy is a good speaker. His stage act had more gusto than a New Orleans chef. At the other end of the spectrum, my former church had a priest who would […]
I flew to Florida this past week for some R&R, and yesterday was rested and relaxed enough to start drafting a Saturday morning blog. Only one problem – I didn’t bring a laptop on the Florida trip, so on the airplane flight coming home I had to write the blog on a yellow legal pad […]
Serendipity is when someone finds something they weren’t expecting to find. It means a happy accident. One happy accident occurred this past Wednesday evening as I was barreling home in the fast lane, and the engine completely shut off in my pickup truck. Traffic wasn’t too heavy so I cautiously switched two lanes to the right […]
Wikipedia gets checked by me every week or so to see if any celebrities died, so I can keep up on pop culture. Their deaths never affect me one way or the other, although I remember being sad for two entire days when Dale Earnhardt was killed in February 2001. I’m a NASCAR fan and […]
Just exactly like father if father had known as much about it the night before I went out there as he did the day after I came back thinking mad impotent old man who realized at last that there must be some limit even to the capabilities of a demon for doing harm, who must […]
Stephen King says he writes 10 pages every day without fail, even on holidays. That tidbit is from his book On Writing, which provides insightful advice on the craft. I was thumbing through it this week and came upon a chapter where King discusses pace. I’ve always thought that fast-paced writing results in enjoyable reading, […]
What”s the capital of Nevada? Carson City! What’s the capital of Washington? Olympia! What’s the capital of Maine? Augusta! I found out last week that my old fourth grade teacher, Mrs. Kracht, passed away a couple months ago at her home in Ferndale, Mich. I don’t remember many of my former teachers – I vaguely […]
(I wrote this children’s story in 2009 when my son, Andrew, was 6 years old) Sometimes Andrew is a super hero, always saving the day, Sometimes Andrew is a dinosaur, hunting for his prey. Sometimes Andrew is an astronaut, landing a ship on Mars, Sometimes Andrew is a rock star, playing the drums and guitar. […]