I am an extremely messy person. My office desk looks like food, papers and several unknowns exploded all over the place. I have 20 pairs of shoes strewn about under my desk. I have yellow pads everywhere with a scribble here and a scribble there. All […]
She didn’t want to think. She had to swim. She had to swim as if her life depended on it. she realized how dumb that thought was. The cops were in hot pursuit. She couldn’t breathe. She had to reach the blue light. The light […]
I was going over my calendar this morning and found that I will not have a free week until Mid-September. By this I mean, I am doing either business travel, travel back and forth between my two places or participating in day-long meetings and the like. I […]
Selfie-taking is everywhere. An extended arm and an intense gaze can be seen on a hiking path, lava cave or crowded flight at 37,000 feet above ground. It’s how we are now. Our faces are always on display to ourselves and to others. We are constantly looking […]
I am a sugar junkie. I have no real shame in admitting it. It’s at the point where I do not find raw sugar to be sweet enough. It is the same problem that I have overall with salt in that even my salt needs salt. […]
I’m not a monster I’m not a lily I’m not a basket case I’m not going to melt I’m not going to runaway I’m not going to disappear I’m not foolish I’m not unwise I’m not unseasoned I’m not going to live forever I’m not going to […]
We all have pet peeves. Each day, I come to realize I have more and more pet peeves. Is this because I am getting older and am nearing the curmudgeon stage of my life? Maybe it is that having lived as long as I have, I have […]
Clad in a tuxedo he whizzed by me Then dressed in a black and white zoot suit He wanted to tap my shoulder But instead he sang into my ear I opened the door He snuck out behind me Playing hide and go seek with my fears He […]
I am sitting in the so-called quiet zone in the American Airlines lounge. I don’t sit there because I have a dire need for quiet. I can readily work with a ton of noise around me. As a matter of fact when I am working from home, […]
Back in 1981, a little known group (ha!) named Duran Duran released a song called Planet Earth. I have liked that song despite it not being one of the more widely listened and downloaded Duran Duran songs. “look now, look all around, there’s no sign of life voices, […]
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