I sure could use some track maxims right now. After putting it off for way too long, I started running again. First I had to wait until January. (Who starts running midyear?) And then I had to wait until we moved. I couldn’t start a running regimen while stuff was in boxes all over my […]
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Fame, Youngstown Style
Something really funny happened to me last week. My childhood friends and I got a big front-page story written about us in our hometown newspaper. Last month we had this big reunion and toward the end of the weekend when we were going through what is known as the Summer Camp High – that feeling […]
Like the New Look?
I decided it was time to change things up a little bit, so I picked a new design for my blog. Do you like it? I like the colors and the font, but you would not believe how hard it was for me to hit the “save changes” button. I had gotten emotionally attached to […]
8 Good Things About Being Old
Old people have the world by the tail. And they’re swinging it around like a crazy, stoned teen-ager who knows he’s going to juvy and doesn’t care. I’ve decided that old people can see and hear just fine. Their reflexes are better than the average 25-year-old and the only thing better than their short term […]
Don’t Make Me Try to Sell You On This
I would like to win the Best Humor Blog award in the Best Bloggers contest. I can’t say exactly why I want to win this, because I’m not a big awards type person. I don’t have any awards, certificates, trophies or diplomas hanging around my house. I just want to get a decent number of […]
I Survived The Election
I’m finally recovering from the election. It’s taking me all week, but I think I’m going to survive. I’m too old for this. My hips hurt, although how that can happen just from being tense and nervous is anybody’s guess. The fact that I’m drained – physically and emotionally – is the reason why politics […]