SILENT NIGHTS - MADONNA AND CHILD
They say if you put a monkey in front of a typewriter, he will eventually type the Gutenberg Bible, which is probably also an apt...
THE GREATEST BLOG EVER WRITTEN
When did it become necessary to refer to everyday things as absolutes? I must have missed the memo. You see it everywhere. Watching the...
IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR!
I'm confused. It's only October, but signs of jolly old Saint Nick are all around us. I went into our local home improvement store, and...
BEWARE THE NEW VARIANT!
We are living amidst a new pandemic, far worse than Covid, and one neither the government nor the medical authorities are talking about....
ROYAL HARDSHIP
It's holiday season which means the Christmas themed romcoms are in full swing. While there is a certain charm to them, there is one type...
THE BEAR NECESSITIES
Here's something you don't see every day in suburban New York: my wife calling out to me that a bear was five feet in front of the house....
HOOKED ON PHONICS
I am having trouble with English. After a lifetime of thinking I was relatively literate and could put a noun and a verb together without...
DRUG (COMMERCIAL) OVERDOSE
I've been seeing a lot of ads on TV for all sorts of drugs. Ones that will cure my eczema, incontinence, depression, you name it. What I...
UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED
Recently we flew to Italy, allowing enough time to go through airport security. The checkpoints have been beefed up since 9/11, and I...
BOY DO I FEEL OLD
The other week, just before our trip to Italy, I got up from the couch and without realizing it, made a noise that was somewhere between...
