Last August one of my partners in crime (aka one of my sons) and I worked on inventory inside a few Arizona warehouses in record breaking heat. At least it broke the record for heat outside a sauna. Yesterday’s record breaking heat was about thirty five degrees cooler, which was a nice […]
AUTHORITARIAN PARENT? WHAT OTHER KIND IS THERE
April 4, 2018 by
A scene from the movie Vision Quest shows Louden Swain’s buddy Kuch at home with his dad. Instead of a bonding moment of shared struggle, the dad slaps Kuch around, telling him he’ll never be nothing. Nothing. Wrestling might make him feel like a big shot, but he’ll still be nothing. […]
BRAIN FOOD STARTS WITH GOOD HANDS
January 25, 2018 by
Ask around about cooking. If you do cook, ask a new friend about it. “Do you cook, too?” The answer will tell you more about the new friend than most any question. It’s a simple question, but the answers come in complicated flavors instead of “yes” or “no.”
HOW TO NOT SEE THE EVIDENCE
August 17, 2017 by
Stare and compare the evidence. That’s what a telecom pro called the first key to success. Is something wrong? Look at it. Look hard. Stare a hole in it, then compare it to normal. Normal works across the board. Abnormal, like the brain from Abby Normal in Young Frankenstein, doesn’t work for everyone. […]
FAILING MEMORIES, ENHANCED THOUGHT, BOOMER BRAIN
August 9, 2017 by
Failing memories include a list of golden moments that show up online more often than it should. They’re supposed to invoke a better time, but for the wrong reasons. Someone needs to set it straight, but who? Could be you if you saw the television shows first hand, been alive for events, and remember. The […]
FATHERS DAY, LIKE A BIRTHDAY BUT NOT A WEEK LONG
June 18, 2017 by
Ten years later our sister showed up for family pictures. Until then it was all boys. Fathers of an all boy family have problems with their Boys Club. If the boys grow up to be bad men, it’s on the them. Good men? Lucky they had such a good mom. Does that sound right? A […]
BABY BOOMER BOUNDARIES: CODING BOOMER LIVES
January 17, 2017 by
Are baby boomer boundaries different than any others? It goes by many names ending with code, these baby boomer boundaries. Honor code, moral code. Man code, blogger code. Religious code, political code. Woman code, wife code. It’s a line in the sand, one best expressed by the Hall and Oates Research Institute. I, […]
GREAT ATHLETES, GREAT PARENTS. BETTER RESULTS?
January 2, 2017 by
First place is what great athletes aim for. In the beginning competition reflected the nature of mankind. Whether you cheer for the first life-form slithering from the sea, or the Garden of Eden story, first place is the only place. First place is the happy place. Losers get disappointment and bitterness. They all come after […]
BABY BOOMER PARENTS DO THE RIGHT THING
March 1, 2016 by
Wrong versus Right for baby boomer parents. The old days, the ‘good old days’, had a few rules. One of the first rules baby boomers learned at home was My Way or the Highway. This rule usually came up when young boomer felt cheated and wanted to straighten a few things out. And it usually […]
LAST BABY
February 23, 2016 by
When you’ve got the last baby of your baby boomer cohort. Do kids wear parents out? Look at your parents for that answer, but what about parents your own age when you have kids? They’ve already seen it all, done it all, got all the t-shirts. Now you’ve got the last baby. You wake up […]
