You Have to See the Humor in It

If you’re north of 60, this might not be news to you. If you’re south of 60, you might think it’s silly and not worth reading. But you’d be wrong.

You may be seeing signs of this already if

Okay, I know there’s a cliché in that title and writers are supposed to avoid them. But hold on a minute. And pardon the second cliché, all right? If you…

Initially, I was going to call this blog, “What the Devil Are Apps and How Do You Exterminate Them?” But right in the middle of writing it, vets put in…

This blog is not about Steve Martin and John Candy. But it is about behavior almost as stupid as that of their characters in their famous holiday movie. It’s also…

Looking back can be fraught with peril. Among other things, it can make you tell stuff you ought to leave lying where it is. A few weeks back, after a…

When I was a kid way back in the middle of the last century, someone—I don’t remember who, but likely one of my Southern Baptist Sunday School teachers—said if you…

If you’re under a certain age, you may not understand or appreciate this. But I assure you. Your time will come. I should have known better after I opened my…

Did you ever have something happen that made you so hopping mad you needed a good long time to put it into perspective? No? Then maybe you don’t drive, because…

Actually, there was only one of each. But that was enough to sandwich me between two U.S. Navy petty officers and dangle me in the air over the New Mexico…

This trio came to mind after a bunch of recent Facebook posts referenced several former classmates and students who excelled at music. You probably think you know where I’m headed…