by admin | Dec 12, 2011 | Randomalities
The Christmas season is upon us once again. Well, at least I think it is. For me, the holiday season begins the day after Thanksgiving. Before this, I won’t pull out or put up any decorations or even acknowledge Christmas decor in the stores, even though it now...
by admin | Dec 6, 2011 | Randomalities
I’ve spent a lot of time in hotels lately. I think about a month out of the last three months has been spent in one of these distant cousins of office cubicles. Some were about as big as my old office cubicle while others were larger than some of the apartments...
by admin | Nov 30, 2011 | Randomalities
I was on the phone with my friend Bobby a couple days ago and we seem to never run out of things to say. The conversation went on for about two hours, I think, through almost dead phone batteries and runs to the restroom. It’s always this way. Even though we...
by admin | Nov 16, 2011 | Randomalities
Well, I did it. After several false starts, my pirate memoirs have finally been released. What started out to be Memoirs of a Buccaneer: 25 Years Before the Mast is now 30 Years Before the Mast, given that a lot of tumult had occurred in the intervening five years...
by admin | Nov 4, 2011 | Randomalities
Many, many years ago at Green River Community College, I first wrote about Peer-Chair Pressure (PCP). If you think PCP is only in my imagination, Google it once. You’ll find articles about it on the Internet and the groundbreaking research of Dr. Hiram S....
by admin | Oct 4, 2011 | Randomalities
As I’ve noted, I am a bit time and space challenged. It has become legendary among my friends that I under estimate both, only to be continually surprised at how long something takes or how far it is away. When I was getting married in Vegas, my then fiance and...
by admin | Sep 14, 2011 | Randomalities
Growing up in the sixties, my mother was always trying to use the modern conveniences of the world to stretch our food dollar and still put food in our tummies. She would come up with odd concoctions that were downright delicious, some of which, like goulash, I still...
by admin | Aug 19, 2011 | Randomalities
Whenever the subject of travel comes up in conversation, I always say that Moorea is my favorite place I’ve been. If you don’t know where it is, let me help you a bit. First, I will say Tahiti, then Bora Bora. Moorea (mo-o-ray-ah) is the third of the...
by admin | Aug 17, 2011 | Randomalities
Most people who haven’t known me for long assume that I have only lived in two states, Washington and Florida. But there was a time when I lived in the San Francisco area. I’m not sure if I can really count it as living in another state. It was somewhat...
by admin | Aug 11, 2011 | Randomalities
I was talking to my friend Cathy last night, reminiscing about the good old days when I tried to be a woodsy outdoorsman. I can hear you all laughing right now. But back then, I was dating an outdoorsy girl, and I have had a long, well established history of being a...
