It wasn’t my fault. No way was it my fault. When I left the keyboard to go run some errands, everything was copasetic. When I returned, I had no Internet service. I had three out of four green lights on my modem, but 75% just doesn’t cut it. I turned off the modem and...
Most days I think I’m 18 until I open my eyes in the morning. Eighteen is a pretty good time in most everyone’s life. But today I’m thinking 16 is even better. At 18, high school was behind me and I was planning to go away to college in the fall. Suddenly there were...
I’m going honky-tonking tonight, and I can’t wait! To visit cheap noisy bars or dance halls where raucous music permeates the air makes my feet start tapping in anticipation even as I sit chained to my computer. Strictly speaking, the first music genre to be commonly...
Behold the turtle! He only progresses when he sticks his neck out. Of course it could be argued that when he sticks his neck out it’s the only time he risks getting his head chopped off as well. To risk, or not to risk, that is the question. Yes, you must be careful...
I love the month of June. Yes, it’s my birth month, so I must admit a bit of bias here, but it’s also the month of “everything lusciously leafy.” Sixteen years ago this week, I spent eight days in a Portland hospital, undergoing a series of treatments to save my right...
