A Guy Thing

A nurse with a very nice figure walked past me and being a male of the species, I cast an appreciative glance.  “You saw that too?” my friend said from his gurney.  “Hard not to notice.”  “My wife said half of it’s not real.”  “Who...

Petitioning the Lord with Prayer

Today was the National Day of Prayer and the township I work for sponsored an ecumenical service to mark the occasion. I know people get all hot and bothered about separation of church and state issues but, last I checked, all the Constitution stated was “Congress...

Satisfaction

I like the privacy of running in a park because, shielded from casual onlookers by trees, less people can see my embarrassingly slow pace and sweaty middle-aged mug. I’m also an oblivious sort of fellow and that’s not a good thing when you need to be aware of oncoming...

Civil Preparedness

Last week, the computer systems at my daughter’s school were frozen by a ransomware hack. Sadly, local municipalities are frequently targets of these Bitcoin seeking desperados, forcing government workers like me to endure hours of inservice training to avoid being...

Free Samples Are Never Free

“We’re out of dishwasher tabs,” my wife said.  “And what else?” I said over the car phone.  “Olive oil. We need the kind for frying and the kind for salad.”  “Anything else?”  “I dunno. Snacks for Natalie’s lunches whatever else you can think of.”...