The woman tells me I provided too many details and that I should just answer the question instead of ‘mansplaining.’ I roll my eyes from across my keyboard and say you can’t do advanced math without understanding the basics. “We live in an instant gratification time but not all questions can be answered appropriately with… Continue reading A Twenty Year Long Story
Category: Narishkeit
You Need To Develop A Thicker Skin
The younger Mr. Wilner is fired up about circumstances and situations that seem to baffle people who ought to know better. He shared a story about a work colleague who didn’t understand that Hamas is a terrorist group and wants to know why Israel is killing civilians. I welcomed him to the world in which… Continue reading You Need To Develop A Thicker Skin
Diagnose Yourself With Dr. Google
The call went straight to voicemail but I recognized the number. “They better not cancel the damn appointment because I am get everything done, especially the crap I hate mode.” Part of me still kind of hoped it would be canceled but another part sighed as the message told me to fill out paperwork and… Continue reading Diagnose Yourself With Dr. Google
The Man In The Hat
Sometime during the way too many moves of the past dozen years my folks got custody of a couple of my hats. There is the gray Fedora I picked up when I was 20 because it reminded me of Bogart in Casablanca and a black one I grabbed somewhere around there too for a Blues… Continue reading The Man In The Hat
