Message to Huggers

Hey Huggers: I know your intentions are good.  They certainly seem spontaneous to me (more like shocking) yet please understand that while you may be a hugger some of us aren’t.  Now we pay taxes and make great citizens.  Usually not on parole for any of that...

The War of the Widgets

Widgets are a fictitious gadgets that professors used in Economics classes.  Simply (or more simply stated) they’re just units of retail. I once had a real knack and enthusiasm for brainstorming new widgets that did new things.  Oh it occupied a high percentage...

Men Are Pigs

She moves in mysterious ways.   Something in the way she moves. When she walks, she’s like a samba That swings so cool and sways so gentle That when she passes Each one she passes goes “ahhhh” One summer, my niece (and goddaughter) came to stay with me and my partner...

Toothpaste Security

I go to CVS practically every day, just cuz I don’t have much else to do.  I stretch out my visits by intentionally not buying something on a Monday that I know I’ll need, with the intention of planning Tuesday’s trip.  Hey, pass judgment.  I know I...

I’m not Jennifer

I check three things every morning after I pee. Never during. You can’t multitask that in your 60s. These three tasks require my undivided attention. 1. Check my checking, savings and credit card accounts 2. Check my pension to see how much longer I can live 3....