I’d like to take a few minutes to talk about the serious issue of the fiscal crisis in the United States. I’d like to, but I’m easily distracted so before I really got going I’d probably wind up talking about something entirely … hey! Do I smell pizza? You see what I mean? Years [...]

  Scientists tell us that the make-believe games of small children are vital for normal psychological development. When children pretend to be something they’re not, it prepares them to be grown-ups who pretend to be something theyâre not; like the guy who has a chrome-plated skull-and-cross-bones and airbrushed flames on his scooter. Does he really [...]

  My sons are both skilled sleepers and I envy them. When they snooze — which is often — they throw themselves into the embrace of slumber with the same abandon that Billy Bob Thornton throws himself into marriage. Except they tend to sleep longer than Billy Bob stays married. They are the only people [...]

  The pioneers had a hard life. They had to deal with floods, fires, famines, and even the occasional wild animal. On the other hand, they didn’t have to worry about “Modern Conveniences.” I spend about three hours a day dealing with the problems created by my convenient, high-tech appliances. It starts the minute I [...]