She had fallen asleep early that night wondering what tomorrow would bring. She had no hopes. She had no fears. It was just a feeling of what if. What if anything. What if nothing. She knew that maybe she wanted something but had no ideas as to […]
My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them. Mitch Hedberg A very small group of people will completely get and understand my following statement. I hate water. Well, let me rephrase. I hate drinking water. For that matter, I also hate ice cubes. […]
Clowns are creepy. We all get that. Some five year olds out there may not get weirded out by clowns. But they are the minority. Not that I have any hard data on this. It is just my gut feeling. I personally met a clown once. He nearly […]
This past weekend, the television show Saturday Night Live premiered it’s 31st season with a non-stop parody of the Trump-Clinton debate. At one point weekend update skit newscasters referred to Trump and Clinton as a choice between Tang or Prunes. I laughed not because it was particularly witty […]
The key to surviving Mondays or any other workday for that matter, is being an actor. Not just any actor,mind you. You need to be Jim Carey (back when he almost was worthy of an Academy Award) in the move The Truman Show. He didn’t know this, but […]
Ok, as far as pet peeves go, this is admittedly a very silly one. How often do you encounter a bathroom mirror with a television system embedded in it? I travel lots and have come across such a mirror three times. And each time, I have stayed […]
The year 2016 will be one for the history books. The United States will finally get a President from the state of New York. Yes, ok. There may be some other big parts to the election as well. Why, we may even see a mass exodus of […]
My mother believed in the evil eye. She was deathly scared of the evil eye. She believed people could wish you evil and you could fall under subsequent continuous bad luck. There was a bit of time where she had really good luck, winning radio contest […]
Having grown up in the South Bronx, I didn’t go to many County Fairs as a kid. Actually, I don’t believe I ever went to any as a kid. I did go to little fairs that were held in empty lots in the Bronx. Do those count? […]
Over a decade ago, I thought I would give gardening a try. Well, it was balcony gardening in Berkeley. Everyone in the Bay area is growing something there, if you get my drift. I didn’t fancy myself a gardener or envisioned myself having any type of green thumb. […]