One P Down, Two to Go

To me, possessions are one of the three evil P’s that our culture brainwashes us to go after, the other two being power and prestige. These bad P’s usually go hand in hand, you nab one of them and the other two follow. My challenge has been to break free of the race for them in search of simplicity.

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How Did You Sleep? So, So. How About You?

Supposedly, the older you get, the more cranky you are about the quality of your sleep. Most of the evidence for this is anecdotal. Ask an older person how he/she slept and they typically tell you that it was lousy.

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No Body Parts at the Table

Okay, let’s make it a rule that there can be no more body parts at the table. I don’t care if we are in the privacy of our home or out at a restaurant -- prostate, vagina, rectum, testicles, gall bladder, etc. are literally off the table.

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Men and Women Are Different?

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that men and women are different, but it looks like we still need a scientist to figure out why.

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What Do Bugs Bunny and My Wife Have in Common?

She doesn't call me doc.
She doesn't have four fingers on each hand.
Normal ears.
OK, she can be a smart ass, but that's why I love her, that's not what they have in common.

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Move Over Mrs. Lincoln

I’m not sure where I got the idea in my head, but for a long time I was convinced that one of the central conflicts in the Lincoln marriage was that President Lincoln would become most agitated when Mrs. Lincoln ate crackers in bed.

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Let's Let Elder Lie

I'm a boomer. I was born in 1947. If anybody refers to me as elderly or elder, they will get an earful in no uncertain terms.

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