40 year old man- "Wow, thats cool!" 

7 year old kid-  "Yeah, what you do is go down to Toys r Us. It's about $100.00"

 This is the brief exchange that has me thinking tonight. 

That, refers to a Huffy Green Machine, an extremely advanced version of The Big Wheel of… Read full post »

Jane's my neighbor. She's Older, maybe mid 60's or so, Lives a few doors down in the complex. She's one of those, How should I put this?...mmmm... crazy ladies. Okay, maybe that's harsh, maybe she's not crazy,  But it's hard to tell when the only thing you ever hear her say… Read full post »

So, the inevitable day approaches, the one day each year when I grasp the relationship bull by the horns and disappoint my lovely wife once again.

It's not that I'm not romantic, that I don't want to make it a special day for her yada yada (not that kind of yada… Read full post »

Don't take me wrong, I'm not a luddite, more of a late adopter.

I grew up in a house with two TV's that were both almost constantly on, yet my parents didn't get cable until 1992.  I bought my first cd (B-52's Cosmic Thing)  in 1989 but didn't get a cd player… Read full post »

True Story

I love this topic, and I hope I can gain some insight into how to communicate with my family over the din of FOX news 

We grew up outside NYC with a dad who bounced around a lot of jobs and probably topped out making around 80,000 a year.… Read full post »

You know what irks me? Traffic. Traffic definitely irks me. I think what irks me more than traffic is road construction projects that are planned with not one iota of concern for the general public. (Although you could argue that they are all planned for the benefit of the general public.)… Read full post »

Just wondering aloud.  

1. Why is it that the funniest things that we say always seem to be at the expense  of those around us? 

2. Why do people go out to eat when they have steak at home? (thank you Mr. Paul Newman) 

3. Did he do any research… Read full post »