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Tonight, Alice and I had dinner with our Aunt Keiko from California. She flew out to stay a few days with my mother- and father-in-law before joining Uncle Carl in Europe. We treated her to dinner and she gave us a nice box of chocolates.
I never expected to have an Auntie from Japan. Life continues to surprise me. That, too, is also a surprise. Or perhaps this is all early on-set dementia, which wouldn’t surprise me at all.
In the past few days, I’ve written two complete blog posts that I didn’t publish. The first was so insidiously tone deaf Continue reading
I was showing this blog to someone in the web content business and mentioned I had posted something new for over seventy days straight. He seemed impressed. “You’re the kind of man Continue reading
“Nobody knew that health care could be so complicated,” President Trump said.
I don’t know what to say. What is there to say? You could spend every waking moment refudiating our beloved Best Leader, but why bother? Continue reading
It’s rare to find anyone interested in talking about my feet. I keep bringing the subject up when I’m teaching, during dull moments in Continue reading
It is not enough to lean against the Calf Raise machine. No. You must step into it, submit to Continue reading
The strap broke on Dad’s travel bag today, the one he used over his last few years whenever he visited me. I don’t normally Continue reading
I like finding accidental definitions of my life.
One of the most apt summations is my “Favorites” call list on my phone. I have only three numbers starred — my wife, my main freelance client, and my go-to takeout restaurant.
“Wife! Money! Tacos!” It makes a superb rallying cry.
Perhaps having only three starred numbers is a sign of a small life, but in my defense, my dogs don’t have cell phones (yet).
Spotify playlists make for horrible self-assessments. My ears are shameless.
On Saturday, I played poker with my old gang for the first time in a couple years. I would say our seriousness far exceeds the stakes Continue reading
