Is there an age or year of your life you would re-live? Today’s prompt asks, “Is there an age or year of your life you would re-live?” And of course, I have to reply, not by answering that, but by questioning the exact meaning of said prompt. On one hand it suggests that one wouldContinue reading “Age. Learn. Repeat.”
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Forget History?
What historical event fascinates you the most? I’m sitting here with my bowl of breakfast cereal and pondering this prompt: “What historical event fascinates you the most?” I’m not sure, as I mentally fast-forward through the timeline of history, that I can pick out just one, the most fascinating, event. Now, it’s not that I’mContinue reading “Forget History?”
If It Bleeds, It Leads
Lately I’ve been reflecting on the old news rule: “If it bleeds, it leads.” Any story, no matter how interest-worthy, always takes a backseat to another item containing [more] death, carnage, and blood. For a long time, news of the Ukraine war dominated the news. Then we’d see nothing about it when a mass shootingContinue reading “If It Bleeds, It Leads”
Oohhhh, Quantum Me!
In searching my brain for a title for this likely odd post, a song came to mind that has nothing whatsoever to do with the topic. But read the title again, with the repeated line of this song in mind: The first night on my UK trip I had a dream that echoes the firstContinue reading “Oohhhh, Quantum Me!”
Alternate Careers
What alternative career paths have you considered or are interested in? Let me begin by saying that I believe I chose precisely the correct career for myself. As a college professor, I had a great deal of autonomy in making my schedule and teaching what I wanted to teach. At a small campus, as anContinue reading “Alternate Careers”
Don’t Balk, Walk
What is your favorite form of physical exercise? Back in the 70s, when running was trendy, I decided to try it. I went to the local college campus track and did a couple of laps. That was when I learned of the condition called “shin splints.” Painful, and a good inducement to stop running. IContinue reading “Don’t Balk, Walk”
To The Moon…AND Back?
How much would you pay to go to the moon? Today’s prompt assumes (I hope) that some sort of Earth to the Moon route has been established with reasonable rates for the average Terran. Otherwise I will have to launch into a socialist rant about billionaires and space travel and how it’s a harbinger ofContinue reading “To The Moon…AND Back?”
The Story of B
This is a story I’ve been meaning to recount for years. It’s a bit hazy anymore, though I recall some aspects of it vividly. I first met B at a summer theatre workshop. I was a Theatre major at Temple U. but returned to my first college, York College (where I had been a SpeechContinue reading “The Story of B”
Kid At Heart?
What does it mean to be a kid at heart? I received a text from my cousin Bill right before Halloween. He asked if I was going to “haunt the yard” on October 31st. It’s like he blew the dust off a long forgotten memory; I suddenly recalled the two of us running around theContinue reading “Kid At Heart?”
When You Wish For The Apocalpyse
I have a friend who, if he perhaps did not truly believe the Mayan Calendar predicted the end of the world in 2012, kind of hoped the world would end. And so I wrote this song, “The Ballad of the 2012 Believer.” Video to follow. Ballad of the 2012 Believer(SLOW)No man knows the day, andContinue reading “When You Wish For The Apocalpyse”
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