Half-Assed

I don’t know where or how or under what circumstances this phrase came to be, but my mother used to throw it around left and right / or maybe that should be left OR right since it’s just half.   Jeffrey, go pick up the apples, and don’t do your usual...

Suspending Belief

The year was 1965.  I was six years old and my family took our annual Christmas trip into Manhattan.  Thinking back, it’s no wonder my father was always a little grouchy.  It must have cost him a ton of money.  We stayed at the Hilton, skated at the Rockefeller...

Act Your Age

Well what if I don’t want to?  What if I feel and think younger than my age?  Forget about the looks department.  Regarding that, I satisfy the criteria.  But why do some people consider themselves experts in weighing your personality against your age.  What...

Updates

Every time I get notified there’s a software update for my phone or tablet or laptop or sound system, I jump at the chance to install it. My life is bound to be better than it was yesterday.  Things will be more precise, accessible and tech savvy.  While the...

Aging

I don’t really care about the one thing associated with aging that most obsess about; their appearance.  It doesn’t bother me.  I never see what I look like except when maybe brushing my teeth.  My driver’s license has the same picture it had in...