To Whiz or Not to Whiz?
I came home this morning just in time to see my neighbor taking a whiz in his front yard. He’s 85 years old. OK or not OK? Yes, he has working toilets in his home. I’d guess at least four of them within 50 yards of where I saw him standing. Still, I say OK. […]
“You can’t be a man of power and not step outside your house.”
How’s that for a little audaciousness to start your day? So someone leaves a book in my Florida condo with the title Act Like a Lady, think Like a Man. Well, the book clearly was not my cup of tea so I decide to walk it down to the building’s library. On the way down, […]
F’d-up?
Bruce Hennes of Hennes Paynter Communications has a “three Fs” philosophy I like a lot: If you F-up, you need to Fess up and Fix up. Who does it right? Hard to find a better example than Tylenol. A couple of the worst: Union Carbide’s Bhopal disaster is the poster child. But Tiger Woods is […]
ReMARkable.
The expressions on the faces of Spanky and the gang. Remember, “I wish I had a watermelon….”?
On Writing
“All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” – Samuel Beckett “Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself…It’s a self-exploratory operation that is endless. An exorcism of not necessarily his demon, but of his divine discontent.” – Harper Lee “When I finally write […]
Promises, promises …
Lately I find myself singing the words to Lady Gaga’s Promises, Promises with renewed vigor. And not the happy kind. Didn’t promise used to conjure up more positive images? I remember associating the word with hope, potential, success, the Boy Scouts and John Denver. Now, the word makes me feel, well, frustrated. It strikes me […]
A Little Respect, Please, for the Undecided
I’m tired of apologizing for my tendency to land firmly in the middle. To change my mind. To rethink. Re-evaluate. It started with the inability to choose chocolate or vanilla as a child. Thank God someone invented the twist. It’s not that I don’t have convictions. I despise littering for example. I’ll chase litterers down […]
STUFF THAT DEFINES US
… LIKE FRIENDSHIPS AND THE EXPERIENCE OF COLLEGE, FOR INSTANCE. I read an article recently about the British Museum publishing The History of the World in 100 Objects and it got me thinking about my own top 100 things that have shaped my life—among them, my college experience (@ Bowling Green State University), and […]
WHY THE BLOG?
If I must write, and I must, why not a blog? It’s what all the self-absorbed are doing now. And I need the writing practice. Vince Lombardi supposedly said something to the effect that “Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect.” I’ll shoot for that. Now, there’s some pressure. Unlike most bloggers, […]
What I’m Reading
Frightening, maddening… but a fascinating must-read. The history of terrorism, terrorists, and anti-terrorism efforts interwoven with religion, politics and the pursuit of power. Strong suggestion 911 could have been avoided if CIA and FBI cooperated.
