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Quirks I Wish I Didn’t Have

I can’t bring myself to check my mail for weeks. I don’t know what I’m afraid of, but I’m sure that I’ll know it when I see it. I talk to deaf people; that is, when I talk to someone, say in an elevator, and he shakes his head and says, “I’m deaf”, I keep […]

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Q and A

What is your greatest fear? Dealing in superlatives. What is your first memory? Some guy in a dark suit with a ball-point pen in his hand telling me to forget everything I just saw. What was your happiest memory? Going into the house of an old woman who had five dozen puppies of all breeds […]

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Random Thoughts Part 2

If I were invisible, the first thing I would try to do is find a cure for cancer. Even the lowliest sparrow deserves at least ONE weekend in Las Vegas. There is no time like the present except for the recent past. I think that rabies is just an attempt by nature to create meringue […]

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I Have Writer’s Block!!!

I’ve got writer’s block and it isn’t fair. Do surgeons get surgeon’s block? I know I don’t look out my window and see dozens of un-emptied garbage cans because the garbage man suddenly contracted garbage-block. Why is writing special? Why do we lay in bed knowing we have the perfect plot-twist or turn of phrase […]

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