by waiter | Aug 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
We had an early flight out of Reno Airport so, to avoid rushing, we left Tahoe the day before and checked into The Nugget Casino in Sparks, Nevada. After settling into our dated room in the Casino Tower, I said to my wife, “Let’s hit the slots.” Not being...
by waiter | Jul 31, 2025 | Uncategorized
I was in a German restaurant perched on a mountainside near Lake Tahoe getting pissed off. I don’t know what it was, but I got a vibe from the staff that we weren’t wanted. Judging from the crappy table we got and the Rolexes dangling from several of the patrons’...
by waiter | Jul 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
A few nights ago, I was walking home with my daughter from a nearby restaurant when we stopped at a light to cross the street. The day had been unbearably hot, but an approaching cold front was stirring just enough of an breeze to take the edge off the lingering humid...
by waiter | Jun 19, 2025 | Uncategorized
A couple of weeks ago, the police called after hours to tell me they found family sleeping in their car. Small children were involved. “I’ll be right in,” I said. After getting buzzed into the police station, I got the skinny from the officer who found them. ...
by waiter | May 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
I was riding back with a police officer from a welfare check when his cellphone pinged. “White smoke,” the cop said. “They picked the Pope.” “On the fourth ballot,” I said. “Quicker than last time.” When I arrived at my office, I turned my computer to the...
by waiter | May 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
When I came back to work from a doctor’s appointment the parking lot was crammed, forcing me to stow my car on the street. “What gives?” I asked the head admin when I came inside. “It’s the National Day of Prayer,” she said. “Already?” “Time flies.” ...
by waiter | May 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
My mother-in-law is of an evangelical flavor and, for her recent milestone birthday, asked us to attend services with her on Easter Sunday. “Sure,” I told my wife. “Why not? If I explode into flames, it’ll make all the papers.” “Uh,” my wife said,...
by waiter | Apr 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
Now that Pope Francis has gone to his heavenly reward, the handicapping and media hoopla over who’ll be the next Supreme Pontiff is underway. Although Francis stacked the deck, appointing eighty percent of the 135 voting cardinals, I wouldn’t put too much stock...
by waiter | Apr 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
by waiter | Apr 19, 2025 | Uncategorized
Now in the twelfth year of my reign and sick of all the ecclesiastical bullshit, I, Pope Sixtus VI, Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor of the Prince of the Apostles, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, Patriarch of the West, Primate of Italy,...
