The Eulogist
Saturday Reflections – (A Short Story)
I awoke to the muted quiet of another lonely Saturday morning. The day held no promise of excitement as had none of my days for as long as I could remember. Without thought, I removed myself from the coils of blanket that formed a shroud around my body. Fitful nightly […]
Sexual Identification and Other Personal Matters
Several years ago, a good friend confided in me that, when he and his husband first met me and my wife, they assumed that we were “part of the tribe.” I remember his words distinctly: “We always assumed that you and Kysa were gay and this was just a marriage […]
RIY – Ruin It Yourself Projects
You are all familiar with the concept of Do It Yourself (DIY) Projects of course. This is where you, the common man or woman tackle household projects without the benefit of a safety net to catch you should you fall. The goal is to fix or adjust something in your […]
The Eternal Essence of Humiliation
Everything comes to an end. That is an indisputable fact. Of course there are exceptions to that rule (which I will discuss later); but, all in all, the truth is that nothing lasts forever. For some things, that span of existence is incredibly short. The Mayfly only spends a single […]
Abandoned in the Magic Kingdom
Disneyland was both a rite of passage for me and an ongoing annual family pilgrimage. When I was a child, this tradition was a once or twice a year excursion and the anticipation of arriving at the park grew with each mile dad slogged on the freeway. We began our […]
Bye Bye Love
(Knock, Knock – Who’s There? Hello Love!)
How many here have been divorced? Hands? Let’s see, one, two, eighteen, three thousand Seventy… (damn – the phone rang and I lost count, I’ve got to start over). Anyway, this is a not so exclusive club apparently. I won’t bore us here with statistics but I do recall as […]
The Cone of Amplification
When I was young (oh so many decades ago), one of my favorite television programs was the Mel Brooks/Buck Henry spy spoof “Get Smart.” It was the perfect set-up of the James Bondian spy stories — multiple gadgets, secret agents with special abilities, beautiful women (Agent 99 was one of […]
The Garage Sale Syndrome
This past weekend I became immersed in [what I believe to be] a distinctly American experience — The Garage Sale. When broken down to its basics, there is next to no logic involved in this cultural phenomenon. On one side, you have the Seller. Here is a person (or a […]