Rim to rim – a story about life and love

It’s 4:30 in the morning. The sun is not yet lighting the eastern sky. It’s cool and crisp here on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. I’m at the trailhead of the South Kaibab trail. This is the day I’ve been training for. Five years ago, I heard...
Why I Question Authority

Why I Question Authority

All my life, I’ve been like the anti-Dale Carnegie: I know how to win enemies and irritate people. I don’t mean to do it. It just seems to happen. All I do is ask questions.

Timing Belt Tragedy-A Timeless Lesson

My skills as a mechanic are only slightly better than my skills as a brain surgeon. On the other hand, I’m pretty damn good at writing. And that’s why it’s way less painful to write about my timing-belt tragedy than it was to experience it. If you...
Why I Question Authority

Cigars with YHWH

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God.”  YHWH stirred a finger in his scotch, his cigar hanging from the other hand. He gazed into the distance and sighed. “I really liked that bit when we first thought of...
Why I Question Authority

Proposed NFL Rule Change

In my unending quest to be of service to humanity, I bring the following proposed NFL rule change to your attention.  But first, a little background. Righting a Slight Wrong I love football; I’ve been watching it avidly since I was less than 10 years old. I...

It made me weep…

JudgyBitch wrote this on Father’s Day. I just found it. It’s probably better for me that Father’s Day is far off in the rear-view mirror. It likely would’ve destroyed me had I read it that day. I’m posting this under the Borderline...