As I write this posting, I am sitting in the waiting room of my local Toyota dealership. Milton, my 2007 Matrix, is receiving his scheduled 5,000 mile maintenance service today. It hasn't actually been 5000 miles since his last visit, but when the red reminder light goes on I faithfully bring him in anyhow. My knowledge of … Continue reading Auto Repair Charade
Selling Out
Who knew that a simple blog about retirement could bring Madison Avenue to my door? Okay, okay it was actually Wacker Drive, but I'm about to come the closest I'll ever be to impersonating Don Draper. Will you settle for Harry Crane? After only eight months of writing posts that aim mostly at the non-sensical, I have … Continue reading Selling Out
Familiarity Breeding Contempt
By my rough estimate, I have been a fan of Bill Cosby for approximately 46 years. Only the Beatles, Smokey Robinson, and Don Rickles go back any further of the famous entertainers that I've admired since I was a small boy. The first time I heard a Cosby comedy album it was his routine on Noah building … Continue reading Familiarity Breeding Contempt
Invading My Privates
The Washington Post newspaper has of late become very intimate with me. Where before I was subjected to short Geico or Progressive car insurance ads before I could read my article, I am now being reminded that I am a late middle-aged male who might be prone to erectile dysfunction. The Post is interested in how my body operates … Continue reading Invading My Privates
Finding My Edge
It all started with the hair. Since retiring, I have been roaming my environs with a brush cut haircut that requires absolutely no maintenance or thought towards fashion sense. From the shower, just towel off and away we go. But between the classic H.R. Haldeman look and the daily coordinates of cargo shorts and jersey shirts, I have … Continue reading Finding My Edge
Vitamin Vagaries
Lately I've been poring over all kinds of reading material about vitamins and supplements. Lots of web sites, doctor office pamphlets, and one book in particular on health and medicine. After a two-year avoidance, I am making a shift back to vitamin usage. Just like the occasional news stories about whether coffee or a glass of alcohol is actually good for … Continue reading Vitamin Vagaries
Interrupted By Evil
I have a draft sitting in my WordPress folder that I started 24 hours ago. It's what I hope will be a comical look at vitamin consumption. However, all yesterday afternoon and evening, and now in the light of a new day, my brain is unable to produce anything remotely creative. Or at least what regularly substitutes for creativity … Continue reading Interrupted By Evil
Pity For Prada
According to a recent story in the Washington Post, it appears that expensive trappings such as handbags, jewelry, luggage, shoes, etc., are now considered to be déclassé. Conformity is taking a backseat to individuality. Shoppers are looking for non-brand and discrete products that eschew any kind of obvious affluence. Income disparity is in and conspicuous consumption … Continue reading Pity For Prada
But Seriously Folks
As regular followers of this blog know, I try not to weigh into controversial topics very much. Except when I do. There is a bit of a hue and cry over questionable comments made recently by a Nobel laureate professor of medicine in London, with the issue sparking a fair amount of commentary in news columns … Continue reading But Seriously Folks
Taming the Impatient ‘Tude
I am at my ten month mark of retirement. This is no cause for celebration, nor am I marking any special moment by mentioning it. I am, however, taking time to observe that unfortunately I still act and move about my world as a man who has very little time or patience for life's daily interactions. Intellectually I … Continue reading Taming the Impatient ‘Tude
Snakes in the Grass 
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