I’m Having A Party, But You Can’t Come.

There have been many times in my life when I have found myself near rock bottom. Whatever I did didn’t seem to be working, so I would continue to slip down the jagged sides of the precipice, bound for the chasm of doom that lay below. Some people would continue...

My Life As A Residential Travel Consultant.

Over the years, I have had many moving experiences. Nineteen to be exact. I moved out of my parent’s house when I was 21 and over the last 32 years, it’s been 19 moves. I’m sure at some point there will be another, and probably another. It’s...

Way Off Course.

During the weekend I had time to reflect on past relationships. I’m not really sure how the subject came up, but I’m pretty sure that it was because of the song we do called Zombie Jamboree which asks the question, “Can you imagine me with a zombie...

A Hairy Experience.

When I was a little kid, I came home one day with a crewcut. Well, all four of us boys did. My father took it upon himself to have our heads shaved and according to family legend, my mother gave my father one helluva tongue lashing, especially because he had also...

The Sandbox Of Possibilities.

When I was a kid, my father built us a sandbox. As with almost every project my father undertook, it was overly grand. It had four seats, one on each corner, and a plexiglas covering that while it could be tilted to keep the sun out, also trapped the heat in, turning...

Hell’s A Picnic Compared To Purgatory.

I have been in purgatory lately. If you’re not familiar with purgatory, you’re obviously not Catholic, Roman Catholic to be exact as there seems to be splinter Catholics out there these days that don’t believe in Paypal Infallibility. Sorry, that...

My A-Ha! Friend.

As a typical screwed up male, I tend to bounce around life like a ball in a pinball machine that is constantly flashing tilt! I don’t know why this is so. I often attribute it to a gypsy soul, one that is always seeking solace but craves adventure. It is, I...

So Far And Yet So Near.

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...

Some Things Never Change. Thankfully.

Yesterday, I stepped into the past. It’s not the past that I remember, but a different version of it that is the present. Still, it was pretty cool to do that. The visit to the past began at what used to be the TNT Tavern. It’s no longer there on Admiral...