<If, dear reader, you believe me to be a perfect human being who never does anything inappropriate… please stop reading now. I don’t want to tarnish your image of me.> For the rest of you, I have a confession to make. Yes, at the risk of being picked up by the Cinema Police, I confess … Read more
After my post ten days ago about this movie, several people wrote me (or commented on the blog) to ask for my opinion AFTER seeing the movie. Well, my wife and I finally got to see it on Saturday afternoon. I went into the theatre with high expectations. Sometimes expecting too much of a film … Read more
Sitting on my bureau in my bedroom is a huge glass beer stein I won back in college (I won’t say what, precisely, I won it for…). Every day when I arrive home I toss any loose change from my pockets into the mug. It’s been ages since I last rolled all those coins. In … Read more
So, I’m out of coffee beans at home. I wander into my regular Starbucks location for coffee, and decide to pick up a pound of… something. But I’m looking at six different possibilities. What’s the difference? I’m so confused. This is the same feeling I get when I’m standing in the wine aisle. How can … Read more
So, my wife and I are dogsitting for our “grand dog,” while my daughter and son-in-law are on a vacation in New York City. We see the dog (Heidi, a miniature black schnauzer) regularly, since we drop by their house every evening and take Heidi with us on our daily walk. She’s a sweet, well-behaved, … Read more
I’m so sick of election stuff, stuff, stuff; and I’m sure you are, too. Yet please indulge me for two more days. No matter who wins tomorrow, we will make History — either way, we will have placed someone other than a white male in one of the top two posts of the land, and … Read more
Two ends of a flight. Picture this. 1. Flying out of Miami International airport on a bright, sunny day, flying north, in a small plane: To the left, smooth lines — the white strip of beach, parallel lines of orange and sand colored art deco buildings, fringed in green, green, green. Beyond: the muddy green-brown … Read more
It was a spectacular Labor Day weekend here in Cleveland. The temperatures were moderate, the sky was clear and blue, and the sun shone on us for three straight days. Thus, everywhere I drove it was with the windows down and the music upbeat. What a wonderful long weekend to say goodbye to the summer … Read more
Yesterday I went to the gym feeling particularly well-rested. So while I was on the treadmill, I threw in some sprints — one-minute bursts at 8 or 9 miles per hour. Oooh, that felt great. Then I went to the weight bench, and instead of working with 10 and 20 pound dumbells, my usual range, … Read more