I am convinced I have been on the road too long. At some ungodly hour, the hotel fire alarm went off. Slowly, I woke to the clanging racket. However, I never considered for a second that I should get out of bed, nevermind try to escape the burning building. Instead, I looked at the clock...
I recently found a bunch of little stories I jotted down from the “good ol’ days” in television. Even eleven years ago I was collecting material for a blog and eventual book. The Beginning My first job in television was as a utility for the Celtics season. My duty was to coil a cable...
I confess. I have a problem… For a while, I actually thought I might have had a stroke. What is teh problem? Exactly that. I can’t type teh word “THE”, unless I am trying to write about it. Spelled that damn word wrong twice already, and it wasn’t intentional...
Haiku is a traditional style of Japanese poetry. It is a seventeen syllable poem consisting of a verse of five syllables, a verse of seven syllables, then one more verse of five syllables. In the traditional form, it is supposed to be about the seasons. While I like being forced to tell a...
Today started off with a phone call from my plumber. “I have good news and bad news.” “OK, John, give me the bad news first…” “Well, I dug about five holes in your yard, and finally found your sewer connection pipe. There are tree roots growing right...