In my ongoing quest to speak personally and keep readers abreast of things, so to speak, I should mention that I…
For years I went to the same barbershop run by these two Greeks. My friend had recommended it as an authentic men’s…
If you’ve ever watched The Shawshank Redemption, you’ll probably remember that scene early in the movie when…
“Why do you like him so much?” she asked (referring to me). “All he does is work in a grocery store.” My friend…
For several years now we’ve been getting together with these two other couples for dinner on a regular basis…
I won an Oreo cooking eating contest when I was a teenager. Twenty five in five minutes, with no fluids…
I fell in love with bonobos (formerly pygmy chimps) when I found out how much sex they have. It’s pretty much an…
There’s an icebreaker exercise that has shown up sometimes with groups I have either led or been part of. All the…
Thomas Merton wrote, in The Seven Story Mountain, that “October is a fine and dangerous season in America. It is dry and cool and…