I have experienced a couple of disappointments lately. I submitted a magazine article recently for a magazine I have been published in three times before. I thought the article was important, and well written. I thought my chances for publication were good. But the deadline for publication came and went last week, so it looks […]
My Musical Toilet
I have written in the past about using a heated toilet. And a shower toilet. My derrière has been heated and cleaned by my toilets. I thought my life was complete. Until now. Now my toilet plays music. Look at the photo below. I didn’t know that my derrière needed entertainment, but I didn’t think […]
R.S.V.P.
There have been articles published recently on the topic of “ghosting” in the N.Y. Times & Huffington Post. Ghosting is when someone stops responding, and pretends that you don’t exist. They are pretending that you are invisible and that they can’t see you. The articles describe how it happens in dating. Basically, if you’re dating […]
Jet Lag
At the beginning of the movie “Lost In Translation”, there is a scene with Bill Murray sitting on the edge of his bed, in the middle of the night. He is in his bathrobe, wearing hotel slippers. You can see Tokyo in the background. The movie scene represents jet lag. —– Right now I am […]
Weeding
I spent some time this weekend weeding. Theresa and I filled two 55 gallon bags with weeds. There must have been at least 100 pounds of plant material there. I won’t say that the weeds were tall, but we found a wildebeest hiding in them. I don’t enjoy weeding. But I know that I have […]
Homeward Bound
Great stories have a beginning, a middle and an end. They have a climactic finish, with a lesson. There are teachable moments, and memorable points. This isn’t one of those stories. This is not a story that starts with “Once Upon A Time”, and ends with “and they lived happily ever after”. But it is […]
Having It All
I compare myself to other people sometimes. Most of the time, really. I usually compare myself with people who I think have it all. By “have it all”, I mean people who have a mansion, fancy sports cars, private planes, and country club memberships. On some level, I still think that all of that stuff […]
I Have A Troll
I’ve been writing this blog for about 4 months now. I’ve written about 40 essays, in preparation for writing a book. I’ve received a lot of great feedback, thousands of page views, and I’ve had a blast doing it. I think I have achieved a new level of success. I now have an Internet Troll. […]
Now I Have A Shower Toilet
Once again I am in the land of The Pink Toilet. This time, I have a Shower Toilet. Not just any shower toilet- this is a complicated one. —– I don’t have a problem reading and understanding instructions. I can follow the instructions for the remote control: I can follow the instructions for […]
Oxygen
I read a few mountain-climbing books recently. Theresa recommended “Into Thin Air”, by Jon Krakauer. Then I read another two of his books, and two more by other authors. All of the books focused on the challenges of the climb. Some of the challenges seemed obvious to me- the cold, the snow, the physicality of […]
