Our Dog Is Sensitive to Loud Noises—Like Gunshots
2021-01-14 – We had a shooting in my neighborhood the other day. It was spectacular, but details are sketchy. The gunman began his rampage on the south side of Chicago […]
Tag Archives: Life
A Tornado Hits the Park Across the Street
2020-08-11 – It’s always seemed that weather forecasts have been over hyped. They forecast rain every day this week, but it only rains once. They forecast 8 inches of snow […]
#Pocalypso | Why Must Everything Be Zip Locked?
2020-06-25 – Have you noticed the proliferation of zip-lock packaging? I don’t mind it so much on single-use items, though it is a little messy trying to get those tiny […]
#Pocalypso | A Zoom Father’s Day
2020-06-22 – 1:30. Time for the Zoom call with my boys for Father’s Day. Then Zoom. It was over. I was sad. Though I did get a great Hawaiian shirt […]
#Pocalypso | I Don’t Believe in Equality
2020-06-09 – I don’t believe in equality. But at the same time, I don’t believe someone should get a leg up because their daddy was a billionaire or because of […]
#Pocalypso | Harvard v. University of Chicago
2020-05-28 – Harvard versus the University of Chicago. That’s what stood out for me when I read the New York Times story about the white woman in Central Park who […]
#Pocalypso | I Do This to Hurt You (Even if it Hurts Me, Too)
2020-05-27 – Once you label someone the enemy, there’s a big temptation to take positions that are opposite of the enemy’s positions, regardless of what those positions are. We do […]
#Pocalypso | Not Everything Is a Friggin’ Chore
2020-05-26 – Hope y’all had a good weekend. I did. Let me tell you about the day I had yesterday. I woke up, put on my pants, got the leash […]
#Pocalypso | I’m Wearing a Mask—But Not for You
2020-05-22 – I am stoically wearing a mask. But I’m doing it for me, not for you. Mask advocates have been circulating the idea that you should wear a mask […]
#Pocalypso | I Shoulda Taken a Picture
2020-05-21 – One of the regrets I had after our virtual dinner party on Tuesday was that I didn’t take any pictures. Yesterday, I took a bike ride on the […]
