Don’t tell my children I had Candy Corn flavored Oreos for dinner or that I chased them down with a beer. Nor should you tell them a bunch of the other things I have done not because they are bad or I am embarrassed but because the privilege of being an adult means I get… Continue reading The Value Of Guilt
Month: September 2016
Maybe You Shouldn’t Blog While Angry
Those of you who are new to the blog aren’t familiar with the older man below. You don’t know that Grandpa Wilner was among my biggest cheerleaders and that if I had robbed a bank he might have excused it and said it was ok because I needed the money. Or that if I had… Continue reading Maybe You Shouldn’t Blog While Angry
The Lies We Tell Ourselves
In a day or two there will be two separate desks set up here with two different computers occupying each. One is for business and the other is for personal use but though the lines are clearly demarcated sometimes things will blur and their specific uses will cross streams. The skylines I am used to… Continue reading The Lies We Tell Ourselves
Bagels In Texas
If this were a Sunday morning in LA there is a good chance one of the kids would ask me if I could grab some bagels for breakfast. That is assuming I hadn’t gone out the day before to pick some up from the joint that had replaced an old favorite that had gone out… Continue reading Bagels In Texas