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Becoming a Man

OK. Here I am, a gawky, skinny 15-year-old walking into where he was talking, not nicely, to my mom. There he is, way bigger than...

The Quotes that Shaped Me

I was four years old. My dad was on a gurney, on his way out the door to the hospital after a heart attack. He...

Teacher’s Pet

She was young. She was beautiful. And I, a nine-year-old kid from Flushing, Queens, had a giant crush on her. Mrs. Swenson, my fourth grade...

The Old Man in the Attic Calls Tech Support

My freakin internet connection doesn’t work. To fix that problem my gigantic corporate internet provider sent me a new cellular modem. I had to ask...

Was I a Good Kid or Just Scared of Getting Caught?

“Thus conscience doth make cowards of us all.” That’s Hamlet. And I’ve been thinking about it for a while now. I am lazy. Ergo, I...

Way Down in Antigua

The water below was a beautiful shade of blue-green. The pink coral was shining through. Light winds. Variable. And me, a 24-year-old Air Force lieutenant...

Old Folks, Beware

Recently, I went online to book a room at a specific hotel in NYC. Clicked on “Reservation Desk.” Thought I was talking to the hotel...

First. Don’t get Captured.

An F-15E Strike Eagle, shot down over Iran. Both crew members ejected. The pilot rescued within hours. The second airman, a Colonel, spent more than...

“How’s the cow?”

“Sir, it is with great humility that an insignificant example of the species homo sapien, a fluke of nature, such as I doth approach an...
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