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Well, it seems my technological ineptitude has reared its ugly head yet again. Unfortunately, given my hectic life, I didn’t realize this until well after the fact. I know I promised you the completion of the story about my ‘crappy’ … Continue reading →

I hope you’ve all been following along through the first two parts of this story. When we finished yesterday, I had successfully, but with great complications, delivered two of my kids to school. I had just arrived home with my … Continue reading →

I’m just going to pick this one up right where I left off in Part 1. When I finished the first half of this one, it was about 5:40 on Tuesday morning, my phone was pissed on, I was pissed … Continue reading →

I’m pretty sure I’ve pulled the proverbial ‘chirp’ on myself. Back to back articles on my eagerness in saying goodbye to 2015 and welcoming 2016 have jinxed me. I inadvertently put the kibosh on whatever karmic momentum I was going … Continue reading →

Well hello there 2016! I think I speak on behalf of most of us when I say we welcome you with open arms. Last week I did a piece reviewing 2015 which proved to be a year that most of … Continue reading →

To start, I hope each and every one of you had a wonderful, peaceful, safe, and fruitful holiday season. I know I certainly enjoyed mine, though it was mildly bittersweet knowing that it was my last, ‘baby’s first Christmas’. I … Continue reading →

‘Twas the days before Christmas in Syd Nichols house. He was stressed out and worried, thank God for his spouse. She’s consummately cool, on a nice even keel. So she keeps him from being a total s@#t heel. When they … Continue reading →

With Christmas just days away, I suddenly find my own existence completely oxymoronic. This time of year, my hypocrisies manifest themselves in countless ways, and to epic proportions. For example, I’m a perpetually cynical, consummately bitter, eternally skeptical bastard who … Continue reading →

Let me start by saying that I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. It’s so nice to still have one remaining holiday that doesn’t offend anyone when I wish you well. Personally, one of the things I’m thankful for is … Continue reading →

I’ve never been one to mince words about my thoughts on various holidays. From my flagrant disdain of the ones that I feel are trivial, unnecessary, and grossly over-commercialized, to the handful that I think are necessary and meaningful. I’ve … Continue reading →

This is that time of year when we collectively as beach-town dwellers go through a myriad of conflicting emotions. It’s almost as if our entire existence goes bi-polar for a little while until our bodies and minds have made the … Continue reading →

As is so often the case, I had very different plans for this week’s piece, when something came to me that completely changed things. And when I say came to me, I mean it quite literally. It was an envelope … Continue reading →