Telemarketer asks if she can talk to me about how to upgrade my life and I tell her that is fine, but only if I can share a way to upgrade hers first. “Wow, maybe you should go first.” “Ok ma’am, if you want to upgrade your life the best thing you could do is… Continue reading 83,168 Ways To Upgrade Your Life
Category: Dad
Turn Out The Lights & Buy Life Insurance
I wished him a Happy 50th Birthday and we exchanged the usual banter about how it used to sound so old and can we really be this age because we were in high school last week. Ok, it is more than a few weeks since we graduated high school but we did attend the same… Continue reading Turn Out The Lights & Buy Life Insurance
There Is No Joy In Falling Down The Stairs
The 25 year-old at the gym tells me he is impressed by how I throw the iron around and I give him a wry smile. I am not built for grace but brute strength and destruction…those come easily to me. Doesn’t require much effort to begin to see results in how much I can lift… Continue reading There Is No Joy In Falling Down The Stairs
You’re Not From Ohio
Thirty years ago I spent Thanksgiving in an apartment in Georgetown with some old friends and some others who chose not to go home for the holiday. In some ways I was the odd ball because I left my home to head East thinking it would be an adventure, a second or third trip to… Continue reading You’re Not From Ohio