I was gonna write a piece on how I spent my summer, but decided instead to focus on one small part of this summer’s grand adventure. Briefly, a tale of caution and one of customer service gone wonderfully right in a pace called “The Edge of America.” Folly Beach Rocks. Literally. My family and I shared an amazing […]
Many years ago, my brother and I used to “jam” in my mom’s basement. I’d riff some Barre chord punk riffs on my reverse-headstock Aria Pro II, my brother would pluck away on his Fender bass. We weren’t any good, of course, but that didn’t matter. It was therapeutic. Now and then, our buddy Danny […]
Look, I don’t just like wintertime: I LOVE it. I really do. The brisk air, the clothes that cover my fat, the snow…it’s all really awesome. It is. But here’s the thing: for the last nine years I’ve lived in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, and our winters can be trying. I know, I know, there are […]
Yeah, I did it. Pulled out my worn DVD copy of Point Break. Watched it. It was awesome. It is always awesome. My wife? She don’t think it’s so awesome. In fact, she says “Why you wanna watch that thang agin fer da ate-hunnert time, foo?” (It’s true. My wife is a crude stereotype of […]
Mmmmm! Cookies! There aren’t really any cookies, mind you. It was a trick. A ruse. I wanted you to start imagining fresh-baked cookies. Sugar cookies, chocolate chip…those peanut butter ones that mom used to kind of press down on with a fork to make the crisscross hashmarks…doesn’t matter. Because odds are you did think of […]
