In a current TV commercial for a luxury car brand, I noticed the announcer pronounced the vehicle Jag-U-Ar, instead of Ja-Guar, which is the way I have pronounced it my whole life. I’m certain the reason I never noticed this before is because I am way too gauche to be in the market for a […]
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In all the years that I’ve camped, hiked and backpacked in mountains and forests, I have never seen a bear, but I always wanted to. My old Personal Bear Policy was this: I would like to see a bear in the wild close enough to cause me to gasp and get excited, but preferably far […]
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My stomach muscles still hurt from laughing so hard from watching the most high-tech robots in the world compete in the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals last weekend. Apparently, after the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, it seemed that not a single robot existed that could reasonably spare human beings from extremely dangerous relief and clean-up […]
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I’ve never been the winning-type. People with fiercely competitive natures win awards for footraces, chess matches and science fair projects, because winners strive for perfection and can drum up the singular determination and laser-like focus it takes to succeed. Winners always expect to win. That’s my problem. I never expect to win. I’m just not […]
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Someone needs to tell us where to park on Route 31. Seriously, we couldn’t find the LHHT Trailhead Parking Lot to drop off our “finish car.” But that’s because our pre-hike parking preparation went like this: Me: Pat, the trailhead overnight parking lot is on Route 31. Do you know where that is? Pat: […]
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OMG. That is seriously the acronym that the Department of Justice calls Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs, referring to bands of chopper-riding thugs whose main purpose is to engage in lawless activities, not promote the wind-in-your-face pleasure of riding a Harley. I’m having a really hard time comprehending the events in Texas on Sunday where nine bikers […]
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What is a Do-Gooder Gone Bad? I’m a nice person. And unless you are what Wayne and Garth from Saturday Night Live would call a “Psycho Hose Beast,” you’re probably a nice person, too. You try to be kind, polite and patient. You visit grandma, buy Girl Scout cookies, and swerve to let squirrels who disobey […]
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At a recent event where I was speaking on writing and publishing a memoir, one man raised his hand and seriously asked me if I was a millionaire now that my book was published. That was a surprising question, especially if he had noticed that I was wearing well-worn Nine West shoes, NOT Jimmy […]
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It happens every year. I wake up on April 1st completely aware that it is April 1st, yet completely incognizant of the fact that it’s April Fools Day. I never expect it. If you want to fool somebody, I am the perfect target because it is not in my nature to distrust. If you look […]
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