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 me. He coulda easily killed…
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May 16, 2026
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 looked up at me and…
May 11, 2026
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 teacher, was the person that…
May 7, 2026
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 what the hell that was.…
April 29, 2026
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 don't read Shakespeare very thoroughly.…
April 25, 2026
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 navigator, hopping island to island…
April 21, 2026
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. Nope. I was on a…
April 12, 2026
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 a day evading capture in…
April 11, 2026
“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 omnipotent majesty, an exalted guardian…
April 1, 2026
An Ordinary, But Grateful Man
It started with a French class. Brooklyn College, 1959. A discussion of the philosophical writings of Blaise Pascal — 17th century philosopher and then some. I had truly enjoyed the…
March 26, 2026