For years I resisted buying a cell phone. As near as I could tell, it was just a very long leash. If I carried one I could never be alone or out of reach. In a moment of weakness, I succumbed and, to my surprise … I found out I was right all along. [...]

  Halloween is over and that means that there are only about fifty more hinting days until Christmas. I personally began my hinting campaign in late July. There’s no sense in leaving these things to the last minute. The important thing about hinting is that it has to be subtle. For some perverse reason, family [...]

  My beloved and I recently celebrated our twenty-first wedding anniversary. After putting up with me for more than two decades I figured she deserved something special. I checked with the Nobel people to see if they had a category for endurance in a marriage. No luck. So an award was out. I checked the [...]

  I still wonder from time to time; what if I had become an international super-spy? Well, for one thing, it’s a good bet I’d drive something other than a mini-van. Spies get cool sports cars with exciting gadgets, leather upholstery and an exotic blond in the passenger seat. Dads get mini-vans with cup-holders, ground-up [...]