Category Archives: general

One of the benefits of aging is looking back at your past mistakes, and then cautioning your younger relatives and friends to avoid those mistakes. Early in my work career,… Read more »

Imagine for a moment that you have 25 children. You love all of them equally, right? Yet if we’re honest, some of them may be easier to raise. You know,… Read more »

With the help of readers, I collect misspellings, misinterpretations and other mishaps. As you’ll see at the end of this column, I even published an entire book of them! Here… Read more »

  A musician friend of mine is in a physical rehab center recovering from hip surgery. He fell a few weeks after losing his wife of 60 years. She had… Read more »

Both leading presidential candidates recently underwent physical examinations. These were immediately followed by gushing press releases, assuring us that these two codgers are in peak form, seemingly ready to compete… Read more »

I asked for it, and you delivered. Last week, I invited you to complete this sentence: “I never thought I’d see the day that ______________. As promised, here are your… Read more »

Did Anyone See This Coming? Watching TV in the classic sitcom days, rarely a week would go by without some befuddled Dad (like Archie Bunker, Howard Cunningham, or Al Bundy)… Read more »

Having grown up in a retail store, I know a little about customer service. As a kid, I complained when a customer interrupted my TV watching or my comic book… Read more »

Ever notice how people refer to the bathroom as “the John?” Not me. I call mine “the Jim.” It just sounds more impressive when I tell someone, “First thing I… Read more »

  For those of us in the news business, it’s a busy time of year: winter. You know the drill: reporters on every mountain, endless video of salt spreaders and… Read more »