Ah yes, the current state of affairs, an astonishingly vast subject endlessly explored, dissected and sometimes explained by multitudes of purported experts, gurus, philosophers and influencers, whoever/whatever the fuck they are, with either broad-brushed or overly-anal dissertations and analyses, some of which make some sense, some little sense, some no sense at all, and often […]
I’m beginning to feel I have too much free time on my hands. A reasonable amount is always welcome but I’ve been overdosing a bit with my mind untethered and wandering off to some strange places. It’s as though every word I hear or read and every little thing I see, think or learn about […]
I can’t stop time. And neither can anyone else, not much solace but solace nonetheless. Though when I really mull that over, how would it work? Would it be like Groundhog Day with a sliver of my life on perpetual repeat or Freeze Tag except there’d be nobody to unfreeze me? So I’ve come to […]
Yeah, a bit trite and hokey but sometimes that ain’t so bad…especially when things are tough. Though I often stroll down memory lane I do not live in the past. That despite a latent Time Machine fetish which occasionally rears itself demanding revisiting not only the events but the feelings I had while experiencing them. […]
I recently completed a triathlon. And came out of it a winner despite two fake hips, randomly barking lower back, barely decent cycling skills and an inability to swim or run for speed or distance. What got me to the medal stand was my brain’s ability to learn from and rectify mistakes, and the one […]
No, I haven’t suddenly turned into Elmer Fudd. Or acquired a lisp, not that lisps are so bad…they can actually be cute at times. But not on adults of a certain age. It’s just been a cold, dreary few months and I’m over it. And given spring has arrived I thought it time to put […]
Those words screamed through the phone by the owner of our old favorite campground still reverberate. Not that we ever considered taking our cats camping. When the last of our four cats died almost 13 years ago my wife and I decided against replenishing the inventory with a third pair of those adorable, mostly […]
I want to go on tour. No comedy or concert tour as I don’t care for people staring at me, I never tell jokes and my guitar playing and singing warrant only ridicule. No travel tour either since I’m a terrible tourist…if I’m away for more than 10 days I invariably get crazed and want […]
Credit to Warren Zevon for embedding this poignant line and visual into my youthful psyche back in ’76, and over the years it has intermittently thrust itself to the forefront of my brain, albeit never with the same exact meaning or impact. The only consistency is its tone of resignation…when all other avenues of dealing […]
As we age, making fun of our scratches and dents (and some worse stuff) is dependent on ones’ sense of humor but only if damage isn’t permanent. Scars, whether acquired as a badge of courage or earned by clumsiness or stupidity don’t count, and any psychological impact of learning invulnerability is a myth doesn’t either. […]