When I was in college, shortly after I declared philosophy as my major, I came home for winter break. At Christmas, I was talking to my uncle. I told him I was a philosophy major, and his reaction was, “That’s the tree in the forest thing, right?” I chuckled and said yes. The funny thing…
We have a cursing problem. Cursing is constant and never ending. Almost every conversation contains curses. The one exception is when we’re around kids. Although refraining from cursing in front of kids doesn’t seem to stop the kids from swearing themselves. I’m not personally offended every time I hear a curse, which is good. Otherwise,…
In Paul Simon’s song “The Only Living Boy in New York” (It’s an absolutely fantastic song, by the way.) there’s the line, “I can gather all the news I need on the weather report.” Truer words have never been sung. I made the mistake of reading a couple of articles on the January 6th hearings…
The first time Gabriel cursed, he was four years old. I was at the park with him. As I was sitting on the bench, he ran over to me out of breath, visibly upset. “Daddy! That little boy over there said I said ‘shit!’ I would never say ‘shit!’” The absolute hardest thing to do…
It’s been a while since I posted anything here on mental health. That’s probably a good thing for me personally. It’s hard for me to write about mental health when my mental health is good. It’s much easier to write about it during a flare up. The bad thing is I’m failing at my goal…
It’s December 17th and we haven’t put up our Christmas tree yet. Don’t worry, I don’t think Christmas is a humbug or anything like that. It just shows how busy our lives have been since Thanksgiving. I’ve still been listening to Christmas (and Chanukkah) music non-stop. I’ve done some shopping. I’ve eaten candy canes. The…
There are different kinds of traffic lights. The worst are simply on a timer. There’s one in Hartford near where I work that is green for about a minute. Then, it is green on the cross-street for about two minutes, then the walk signal comes on. It doesn’t matter if anyone has to go one…
Anyone who knows me probably knows that I love live music. Going to concerts might be my favorite thing to do. And I have to say, it just hits differently when your kid is the one performing. A middle school orchestra sounds as good as any world class symphony. OK, that’s an exaggeration, but school…
I tried Wonder Bread the other day. To the best of my knowledge, it was my first-time trying Wonder Bread. It was an experience, sort of. It was unlike anything I’ve ever eaten. So, of course, I wanted to write about it. Now, just to be clear, this was the classic Wonder Bread. The old…
President Biden signed into law the Respect for Marriage Act earlier today. I figured that would be an easy thing to write about. I tried and nothing came out. I just don’t have anything to say about the new law. I mean, I think it’s a good thing. It feels like one of the few…
