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 29, 2011 | Relationships
I found out a few days ago that a one time girlfriend of mine was about to get married. Whenever this happens, I can’t help but place myself in an alternate time and space and wonder if that would have been me caught in the snare. Don’t get me wrong. I am...
by admin | Nov 28, 2011 | Defies Description
When George Carlin was just starting out, he used do a skit called the Hippy Dippy Weatherman. It was a brilliant riff on the hippy movement, especially when he would get caught up in the Highs that seemed to always be hovering over a part of the country, particularly...
by admin | Nov 25, 2011 | Defies Description
A friend of mine and I were on the phone the other day and he was telling me about the new dating etiquette that seems to be taking hold in Washington State. He had met a lovely lady who he just wanted to be friends with and she had given similar signs that that would...
by admin | Nov 24, 2011 | Defies Description
For the second time in my adult life I will not be at home having Thanksgiving. The holiday gods have smiled on me once again and I will be in Key West, where it will be sunny and in the mid to upper 70s. But don’t think for a moment that I will be missing out...
by admin | Nov 23, 2011 | Defies Description, Relationships
Several years ago now, I got a strange gift from my ex-whatever. Well, she wasn’t an ex yet. We were still a year away from ex-ing but I didn’t know that at the time. Why was it a strange gift? Well, first, it’s not exactly something any guy would...
by admin | Nov 22, 2011 | Pirate Adventures
This week it’s time to head down to Key West again for 11 days of fun in the sun. I know, I know. My northern friends are cursing me loudly, but even when I lived in the Great White North I flew all the way across this fair land to Key West on several occasions....
by admin | Nov 21, 2011 | Growing Up
When I was a kid, my father tried to teach me how to do things. You know, the basics: How to ride a bike, fly a kite, tie my shoes and swim. Either I wasn’t a particularly good student or by the time he got to son #4 his patience had simply worn thin. I think it...
by admin | Nov 18, 2011 | Life Lessons
Years ago, I took sailing lessons at the Shilshole Marina. I had purchased three beginning lessons at the Seattle Boat Show so that I could finally learn all the ins and outs of sailing and perhaps one day pilot my own sailboat around the world. Well, the trip around...
by admin | Nov 17, 2011 | Defies Description
As I was finishing my memoirs over the weekend and finally getting the book off to press, it dawned on me that I’ve been married to an awful lot of women. I’m not even counting the times I came close, only the times rings have been involved and vows...
