Modern married life for boomers like your’s truly was never going to happen. I remember a song from my parent’s record collection before they all melted: Kisses Sweeter Than Wine. Take it Jimmy.
BIG LIE FILE: WHY THE ‘BIG LIE’? JUST WHY?
April 30, 2022 by
Big lie options for what to do when things don’t go ‘according to plan?’ In real life we adapt, we adjust, we make new plans to achieve our goals. Whether it’s a new job, a new town, or washing a dog, the new plans include the old to get things done. Who knew we could […]
UPDATED LIFE: STARTING SOMETHING NEW TO FINISH
August 4, 2021 by
An updated life, from new paint, new flowers, to new shoes, asks a question: What was wrong with the old life? Like there had to be something wrong to change things? Yes, that’s usually a good reason, but so is getting a different angle. Update, refresh, begin again. Call it one of those, add a […]
COVID LOVE STORY MEANS NEVER SAYING YOU’RE SORRY?
August 1, 2020 by
The covid love story is different than the Love Story movie. In this one, no one dies, but there’s still a break-up. Fans of love stories are also fans of breakup stories. Who doesn’t need a story that brings two different people together because of their endless love for one another? There’s got to be […]
GIRLFRIEND BREAK UP AFTERMATH WITH DIRK FERGUSON
February 8, 2018 by
Girlfriend break up? It’s one way to learn how to stay married later. A bad break up then makes a better husband now. Dirk Ferguson witnessed the aftermath of a girlfriend break up that served as a guide to any break up wing man for the whole sad affair. Play Hall and […]
Way Back When Turning Thirty Was Old Age
November 4, 2017 by
I asked a fifty year old man what turning thirty really meant. I was twenty nine at the time. He said, “It’s easier wearing a shirt and tie without feeling like a fraud.” Fraud? That’s it? Shirt and tie? Way back when turning thirty was old age I asked old […]
Lost General, A Very Expensive Tax Burden
September 21, 2017 by
Former General David Patraeus spoke on PBS recently. He sounded good, on point, and a wonderful example of the manners you learn from being educated at the finest military schools in the land. I liked the general right up until…
THE KING OF NEW YORK CITY, 1975
April 9, 2017 by
Stoner nation rolled in the muddy Woodstock slip and slide in upstate New York. Five years later they took a shower, got a haircut, and danced the disco. Top New York City discos needed the right people managing the door and lines that grew down the sidewalk most weekends. Full of Queens, Brooklyn, and Jersey […]
DOES YOUR FAMILY HATE YOU ENOUGH? GET BUSY
April 7, 2017 by
Family hate means family values 0. Are you the right gender? Check early pictures to see if you’re wearing the right clothes. If you’re a guy and your baby pictures look like a girl, relax. General Douglas MacArther wore a dress and long hair as a child. It was the fashion, and it didn’t hurt […]
THE BIRTHDAY BOY: HOW TO CELEBRATE YOUR DAD’S DAY
May 8, 2014 by
The Gillaspie children Wayne, Cleo, and Rex, c. 1948. This May 8th my Dad would have been 84 years old. Birthdays are important. To all baby boomers: Call your parents on their birthday. To all hipsters: Get off your scooter and show your parents you were raised right. Call them. To all millennials: Follow the […]
