An Unauthorized Skunk Interaction
Now I know what it must have been like when the Great God Pan passed gas, and the ancient Greeks ran stumbling and retching through the hills to the sea. Continue reading
Now I know what it must have been like when the Great God Pan passed gas, and the ancient Greeks ran stumbling and retching through the hills to the sea. Continue reading
A peculiarly modern phenomenon: When you want to hang out with your family, but all of them are absorbed in different media and you don’t want to watch what any of them are watching. Continue reading
I know we all have troubles — some have BAD troubles — but we also live in a privileged time. I was sitting on the back porch looking at the blurry world before putting my contact lenses in, and thinking about how blind and miserable I would have been if I’d lived in the time before corrective lenses. Continue reading
I’m not sure that people who like people are the luckiest people in the world, but they’re certainly the busiest. I wish I did indifferent better. Continue reading
Sometimes I am funny ha-ha. Other times, I am funny peculiar. I treasure this balance. Which is good, because it’s involuntary and irreversible. Continue reading
My favorite thing to tell an angry child: “No, no, sweetie, we weren’t laughing at you — we were laughing ABOUT you.” My children refer to me only as “The Evil One”, and always in hushed tones. I like that. Continue reading