I love to travel, try new foods, ingest caffeine, and watch political news coverage. A psychologist by training trying to bring a little common sense to it all.
It reached 106 degrees on Friday in Los Angeles. At least according to my Sprint phone weather updates. When it was down to 104 degrees, I got excited. Well, least as excited as one can get about it being 104 degrees. Luckily for me, I have a high […]
Tick tock. That’s what they say. And a rush and a push. That’s what they do. No one remembered the spectacle. No one wanted to as they were all afraid of what it meant for the future. So tick tock and walk about to and fro. It’s a […]
You hear me say that I am not done and you shiver and shake and prance like a clown with no nose Your shiny veneer is off but you know more is to come Your battlecry rings holllow For all now know you are reprehensible You hide […]
A have a to-do list that is a mile and a half long. Everyday I rewrite it, taking items off and adding new items. Usually, it entails, adding two items for every one I accomplish. It can be daunting and yet I find a thrill in writing […]
I want to set one thing straight right off the bat. I am not writing this bit to get pity. Far from it. It is just a tale to tell. This past weekend I took my son to a birthday party. The young boy turned seven this […]
“There’s only one place at a time where eyes can be” Growing up in a Puerto Rican household, with a very superstitious mother, meant that I carefully monitored my dreams. And, by that I mean the nighttime movies I constructed while sleeping. My dreams were extremely […]
I’d fallen through the murky abyss And, then I woke up I nodded off to the melody And, then I woke up I hit the snooze button over 1000 times And, then I woke up The bright lights blinded me into a deep sleep And, then I woke […]
I know zilch about soccer. Well, what many in the world refer to as futbol. I guess I also wouldn’t say I know zilch. I know what a goal is. And I think I know what is not allowed in terms of personal hits. Otherwise, I know zilch. […]
He was very wistful these days. He now had a grandchild, although that was completely unexpected. It was all very strange to thim how life just kept on going with no breaks in between. He liked to go into his music room every morning and look at how […]
Facebook, at work, on the highway. Everywhere I look I am bombarded with pithy sayings. I think these are meant to be motivational and encourage me to live a better, more fulfilled life. As a New York curmudgeon, I often scoff at such pithy, supposedly insightful bits. […]
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