On Having an Affair

After my children went to bed but before my sweetie returned home from her classes, I spent some time chatting with a couple of friends online. Most of my online friends and certainly my closest online friends are women.

Earwax

Some years ago, I worked at a place that had a spectacularly unpleasant atmosphere. This was caused entirely by the fact that the president of the company was criminally insane. I won’t describe that since I don’t want to think about it right now. To show that I really do mean criminally insane I say this: he was sentenced to twenty years in prison.

The other people who worked there were OK people. Thankfully, I only worked there for a short

Copying Lyrics

On the weekend, a friend and I were sitting in the shade near the playground. The kids noticed that one of the bands playing nearby was playing some Dead tunes. That wasn’t how they expressed it though. They said, “That band is copying The Grateful Dead.” They were offended at the copying. This brought about an upwelling of pride in me. I think that perhaps I have passed on a bit of moral fiber to them. I explained to them that this copying was really a tribute to the