Currently Reading: funny columns

I promise this is it for the bee sting story. When we left off, I was sitting alone in my wife’s car in the parking lot of “The Mart”. She had gone in to get my plethora of prescriptions. Unfortunately, … Continue reading →

Let me start by saying happy Fourth of July. I hope all of you had a safe, enjoyable, healthy, and wonderful holiday. Last year about this time, I hit you with my lengthy patriotic rant mixed in with a smattering … Continue reading →

I know I’ve said it many times before, but often times this piece just writes itself. I’ll have something in mind to write about, and then an unexpected event pops up, and I subsequently become nothing more than a vessel … Continue reading →

Well, when we left off last week, I was just getting on a roll about my observations so far of the summer of 2013. I mentioned the Jersey invasion and how our troops were outnumbered. They flanked us with hundreds … Continue reading →

We’re now about a month into the summer of 2013 season, and already it’s been sheer entertainment. Please keep in mind that when I use the word “entertainment” that not all things which entertain us are good things. I’ll give … Continue reading →

Many of the telltale signs that spring is here have recently befallen us. Or at least they have around my house. This week will be a collection of short stories sighting examples of how spring is showing its presence in … Continue reading →

Having spent a majority of my life in a bar (mostly standing behind one that is), I’ve always abided by the unwritten rule that the two things you never discuss in a bar are religion and politics. I’ve parlayed that … Continue reading →

About a year or so ago, I started writing what proved to be a multi part-piece chronicling events and stories from my first summer in Ocean City, MD. I thought I could have wrapped it up in two or three … Continue reading →

I generally refrain from hitting you in consecutive weeks with stories about my family and my home life for reasons that I’ve previously disclosed. I’ve also however mentioned that on occasion my children unwittingly write this column for me. This … Continue reading →

It’s late Sunday night and all the football games have ended. Two of my three daughters are asleep but probably not for long. One is cutting teeth; the other is losing teeth. Daughter #3, the three-month-old is wide-awake, but just … Continue reading →

This week I may bounce around a little bit, just to give you a heads up. It should come as no surprise though since the style and format of my writing is normally about as structurally sound as a third … Continue reading →

Another Labor Day weekend has come and gone, and another “peak” season begins its rapid decline. Hundreds of thousands of people who made our little town their home for the summer, for a week, or even just a weekend exit … Continue reading →