I never played football growing up because my mom wouldn't let me.  I was accident prone enough without adding eleven guys to the equation, all in pads (read: armor)…

Second grade.  Mrs. Mim's class.  It was a time of innocence and playfulness.  We were kids who knew nothing of the gas shortage or the real world.  The nation had…

What is the definition of a fruit?  Dictionary.com defines it as "the edible part of a plant developed from a flower, with any accessory tissues."

But…

Second grade.  His name was Marvin.  He was in first grade but he was my age.  He either failed or was held back or started late.  And no, I don't…

Hallowee, a license to pretend.Halloween is probably the funnest holiday ever invented.  Not only is it during the best time of the year, Autumn, but it is mandatory to be…

I was born in 1971 and I was given my first album in the late seventies.  And it was an actual album, not an 8-track or a tape cassette (CDs…

I was hanging out with a bunch of guys watching the US Open on television the other week.  We were watching the women's game (no comment) between Venus Williams and…

I was talking with some friends last night and the topic turned to the best water we'd ever had.  One guy said he took a drink out of a fountain…

"Housesitter" ran on TBS this past weekend (written in mid-July).  I kept the sound off while I tried to write about different things.  I read through the paper where it…

It disgusts me.  The litter I see on the side of the road.  Potato chip bags, aluminum cans, candy wrappers.  You name it, Americans throw it out their car windows…