[Morbid? Maybe. But this is what I'd like to listen to if I had to sit there for it...which I kinda do, I suppose. Some of these have hidden messages, some have meaningful titles--some is just pure emotion set to music that I find moving. Enjoy. Or, you know, don't--totally…
[This was something that struck me a few months after the passing of my mom.] I waited for my mom to call last night. I caught myself waiting for it. And she never did. She used to call me every Sunday night, unless she was someplace that didn't have a…
[This one was a big deal for me.] I'm a writer who doesn’t write. I talk a good game, but, ultimately, I'm so paralyzed by the thought of rejection that, in the end, I fail to begin. Or, worse, fail to finish. I say "worse" because many of my ideas…
[In which I get angry at stupid things.] I have a problem: if a person needs to make a call that badly, I think they ought to pull over so they can concentrate on the person on the other end of that phone line, and leave the rest of us…
[This one was kind of an Axe to Grind thing, but I began to get away from that. Photo by Fabian on Unsplash.] I'd like to say that today went well, but I'd be lying a bit, I think. Overall, I got everything done that I really needed to do. Somehow, though, that…
I met her on the Saturday after we elected this president. I needed her. She was the Chocolate Labrador Retriever I'd wanted for a couple of years, and Maureen surprised me with her. The first time I laid eyes on her, she was this tiny brown puppy with sad, soulful…
[We were living in Bensalem when I wrote this. Working at another job that was a poor fit for who I was.] Sitting here, listening to you snore softly in your bed. I forget all of the things that made today hard for me: Gone is the voice of my…
[This is the world-famous "Big Mouth" edition of my so-called column. I'm sure there will be a few comments on this one, especially with where I am now.] I have a problem: I can't keep my mouth shut. I'm not kidding. Those of you who really know me know I'm…
[We're still over there.] I have a problem: I think there should be other ways to fight the War On Terror than through conventional means. I mean it. Sure, we can go in and drop a bunch of bombs on Iraq. The President can send in a team of highly-skilled…