From NPR’s Morning Edition March 6, 2009 : “A Canadian man was crossing the border into Washington state when an inspector told him to turn off his car. Desiderio Fortunato replied, in effect: “Say please.” The inspector repeated his order. The Canadian still expected him to say please. The Canadian was blinded by pepper spray,Read… Read more »
I had a heart attack in 2001. Obviously I survived. A friend of mine had one a few years earlier and he didn’t. I remember that incident quite well because his wife called us around six-thirty in the morning as we were getting ready to leave for work. We’ll call them Fred and Ethel (onlyRead… Read more »
I thought I would do a public service announcement. Last week was Restaurant Week in DC. Did you take advantage of this? Restaurant Week takes place twice a year, once in the frigid cold of the post-holidays and then again in the dog days of August. Times when diners are likely to be few. ForRead… Read more »
Do you read obituaries? I didn’t until I got older, older like 40 or so. I mean I used to read the appreciations for famous folks like George Burns or John Wayne or the little write-ups for people that I knew, but now I really give the obits a good look each morning. Here inRead… Read more »
We had to put down one of our cats. Well, not even our cats, really. One of our older son’s cats. We have two sons. Lets call them Rebo and Zooty. (2 points for the obscure pop culture reference) Rebo is older by 2 years. He went away to college and left us his cat.Read… Read more »
As I move deeper into my 50’s I notice with surprise and disappointment that so many popular culture icons of my generation are either dying or are found to be amazingly old. How did this happen? I don’t think of myself as old…. I really think of myself the same way I did when IRead… Read more »