In 1997, comedian George Carlin published his very funny book, Brain Droppings, which, according to the cover, contains “jokes, notions, doubts, opinions, questions, thoughts, beliefs, assertions, assumptions, and disturbing references”…
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My father-in-law died. Tom Tappan. Down in Athens. Heart issues. A time bomb ticker. He was an ideal father-in-law. Super nice. Good sense of humor. Our politics matched. He was…
Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in Next Avenue on Oct. 31, 2024. Last October, Brynne showed me an advertisement for a psychic fair. I arched a quizzical eyebrow, in…
Editor’s Note: Scott’s dad experienced a stroke this week due to 99.1 percent blockage of the carotid artery. He is currently recouping in a rehab facility. This is one of…
GUY RAZZ: I’m Guy Razz, host of How I Broke This. Welcome to my narrative journey about business ineptitude and the failed leaders who failed to learn from their failures….
My favorite inspirational stories often entail immigrant life maps detailing a person’s courage to uproot and exit geographical comfort zones, all while pursuing passions and utilizing talents that ultimately create…
Grandma Lil’, my mother’s mother, died at 89. She had been holed up in a nursing home for far too long. It was a death mourned, yet one too that,…
One good way for a writer to lose delusions of grandeur about his or her own literary prowess is to self-publish a failed book. I’m a slow learner, a glutton…
In 2022, Brynne and I visited the sacred grounds of the 9/11 Memorial and Museum. Inside, I saw a portrait of my high school classmate’s (Stacey) face. I choked up….
Last year, in anticipation of a much-needed escape to the Caribbean, Brynne surprised me with a few “fun” shirts to populate my wardrobe for the tropics. My favorite was a…