Warming up to Costco
I have never warmed up to Costco. The warehouse shopping experience intimidates me, and the crush of humanity gets on my nerves. That’s particularly true when it comes to negotiating the parking lot: it seems as though about every fourth vehicle is driven by an undercover operative assigned to drive up business for an auto […]
#MeToo redux
Recently the big, media question has been, “When does all of this #MeToo stuff stop.” My knee-jerk reaction was it could stop anytime in the next 10 minutes because #MeToo has all but taken over the news. And before I could open my yap to say as much, I decided to let the question simmer […]
Eagles basketball, once again
The Florida Gulf Coast University men’s basketball team won its fourth consecutive basketball game last week. They have a perfect 3-0 record in their Atlantic Sun Conference. Prior to conference play, their record was 11- 8. The Eagles dominated from start to finish, as they easily defeated the team from the University of South Carolina, […]
The art of the deal
Why doesn’t Donald Trump just quit? The president who didn’t want the job and didn’t expect to get it is busy making a shambles of the presidency (while cementing his own reputation). Reportedly, and understandably, he isn’t a very happy camper. Most people would settle for a wafer-thin pretext for quitting. “My wife is threatening […]
Aging is better than the alternative
Getting old really is a mixed bag. Getting old isn’t for the faint of heart. When I was much younger, I never gave much thought to aging. I suppose I thought I had oodles of time to get around to being old. I’m a baby boomer. Boomers, it seems, are taking the process of aging […]
Canada wins gold, again!
It is never a boring sight to see young Canadian players waltzing around at centre ice, hugging each other and anyone else who gets in their way after winning the World Junior Championship. Last Friday night, the scene occurred for the 17th time. It still warmed the hearts of many Canadians. It was the fourth […]
Black like your heart
Explosive weather. Explosive times. Explosive head cold. It’s been two years since I was laid up with anything. This week it’s a head cold. My favourite morning brew tasted like a big mug of hot liquid nothingness. I can take a lot of crap—but don’t mess with my coffee taste buds. So now I’m grumpy […]
Consider the prune
Consider the humble prune: for decades the butt of jokes, now the darling behind such headlines as “Are Your Grandmother’s Prunes the New Superfood?” and “Channel 4 …Names Prunes as ‘the Food of the Future’.” Larry Curdle has, and he sees a big opportunity. Readers will remember Mr. Curdle as the moving force behind the […]
I resolve to be resolute
The Christmas tree is still occupying prime real estate in my dining room. Yep, it’s in the dining room. It’s been mocking me from the corner, near the side porch door, since parade weekend. The tree has been up for so long, we’re afraid we won’t be able to live without it cramping our style. […]
Word of the year
It is becoming customary for dictionaries, to pick a “word of the year.” Hey, we’re all entitled to have a little fun with our work, and fun must be rare in the dictionary world For 2017, dictionary.com picked “complicit,” the Oxford dictionaries picked “youthquake,” and Merriam-Webster picked “feminism.” That means that I should be entitled […]