Poetry: Fever Burns
Today I am posting a poem that I wrote a few years ago. If you don’t like poetry, come back Friday. (Or close your eyes and read it!) Fever Burns […]
Tag Archives: Life
At the Music Box
2013-04-05 – I don’t go to movies much. As our boys were growing up, we only went to see kid movies. They don’t need us to take them anymore and […]
Cohorts Not Kids
2013-04-02 – The term for it is “cohort.” We send cohorts through school, not kids. Kids on the leading edge do well, but the further back you are in the […]
Words Don’t Matter
2013-03-24 – I’m sitting in a waiting room at LAX waiting for my plane back to Chicago. Actually, that’s not true. I’m writing this Friday night and scheduling this to […]
Getting Out of Town
2013-03-20 – Just a short post, as I’m on a plane today, flying to LA to see my mother for a few days. I always get crazed when a trip […]
Out of Spite
2013-03-15 – Every few weeks I see someone post a kinda new-agey advice on Facebook that goes something like this: “If it doesn’t nourish your soul, get rid of it.” […]
Being Yourself
2013-03-13 – They tell you to be yourself. In some ways this is good advice. You don’t have to remember anything special to be yourself. And you’re probably pretty good […]
Extreme Negotiations
2013-02-22 – Oscar Pistorius says that he fired his gun through a closed door, “accidentally” killing his girlfriend, because he feared an intruder on the other side. I’m a little […]
I Might Just Be Steven Spielberg
2013-02-20 – Yesterday in the Metra station (in Chicago) a couple stopped me to tell me that I look like Steven Spielberg. I don’t see it, myself. But this has […]
Coming Attractions
2013-02-18 – It felt a lot like spring today. The temperature is going to plummet tonight. It is 50 degrees now (I just got home from work) but it will […]
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