My boss and his wife just welcomed their second child (and first son) into the world yesterday. I’ll tell you what, that kid has been born into a world that already has Blu-Ray. How exciting is that? He totally saved time bypassing Beta, VHS and DVD!!!! So, you know, aside from that, I’m a little […]
Confessions Of A Not-So-Teenage-Writer
I had the distinction of turning 40 last year around this time and I’ve been doing some reflecting back on it. Picture it, Sicily, 1970… Sorry, wrong series. That and I’m half German, so, you know, huuuuuuuuuuge schnitzel! Anyway, I was–a year ago–waiting for Gaylias: Operation Thunderspell to be released, busy planning the book launch […]
We Define Ourselves
Do you want to know one of the lessons I’ve learned from watching my father progress with Alzheimer’s? Let’s start with the fact that he and my mother were supposed to be enjoying their retirement. They wanted to travel all over, maybe move out west or up north, get a nice single floor home in […]
The Hilarity of Stupidity
I witnessed two events last week that deserve to be pointed out, documented and thoroughly enjoyed by the masses. Honestly, I live for this crap because if I wrote and put it in a book, nobody would believe that it actually happened. You know the kind I mean, right? The kind that when you get […]
Live It, Love It And Send DVDs For A Birthday Gift!
Update: The Grosse Pointe Bitch contacted me the other day. It seems the psychic I introduced him to who we now apparently share requested him to ask me to give her a call. “Convoluted,” by the way, is our word de jour for the day. Now, remember, the GPB is the one who wants to […]
Cancer, Strippers, Health Insurance & Me…Oh, My
I had dinner with friends late last week and “the question” finally managed to work its way around the table; how’s your life going? Being that we all actually know each other, it’s not the kind of question that one can blow off in that way we all do when passing by somebody who could […]
