Stories
Sex Education
Last night I felt like I was back in 7th grade again. There I was trying to not let that smirk cross my face as I watched a sex ed video for 5th graders. My daughter is ten years old and the school is having a session for the 5th graders about puberty and... »
Diane English Was Going To Fire Me
I thought I was going to be fired for sure. I had been given a simple task and I failed to complete it properly, so I attempted to fix my mistake and only made it worse. I had scratched Diane English’s windshield on her Jeep Grand Cherokee. While most of you don’t know who... »
Thanks, John Mellencamp.
When I was in college, I worked as a production assistant on John Mellencamp’s film Falling From Grace the summer between my junior and senior year. It was a grueling, thrilling, exhausting, somewhat empowering experience. Working on a film is not what it is cracked up to be, but makes for an interesting experience... »
My Bill Gates Encounter
When I worked for comedian Louie Anderson, I once traveled with him to Seattle where he was scheduled to do a brief show at a wedding reception. It was the wedding of one of the big shots at Microsoft. I think Louie thought is was a corporate event for Microsoft when he agreed to... »
It’s Better on the Other Side of the Drawbridge
From 1992-1994, Elisabeth and I lived in Virginia Beach. We weren’t the biggest fans of Virgina Beach, but the Tidewater area as a whole really wasn’t that bad. One of our favorite places was Portsmouth with its historic houses and scenery. One balmy, ninety plus degree, late summer day we were driving over to... »
It’s dangerous being the oldest person in the world.
I read that the oldest person in the world, Gertrude Baines, just died. She was 115 years old. I’ve noticed is that it is very dangerous to be the oldest person in the world because whoever gets that designation dies. I haven’t done a study, but the mortality rate seems very high. Of course,... »
Preventing or Repairing that Annoying Crease in Your Golf Shirt Collar
For the longest time, every polo/golf shirt I bought would be ruined after only a few washings. With each washing, the collar would get an annoying crease in the wrong place. Surely this has happened to you. That little annoying crease would prevent the collar from laying flat and made the shirt look sloppy.... »
