I’m just learning to blog again, so bear with me. I’m like a heartbroken child who’s forgotten how to love but desperately wants to believe in something again. I’m also going to try and use fewer commas because I know how much you hate that,
This photograph, by Thomas James Salsman, accompanied a story I wrote [...]

I Am Complete
For some, it’s scaling a mountain summit; for others it’s kicking heroine. As for me, I conquered one of my life’s goals by completing a Sunday New York Times Crossword Puzzle. I’ve come close many times, even completing it once, only to discover an error. But this time, I was perfect. Granted, it [...]

My Sunday column is barely worth mentioning, as demonstrated by the number of comments (0) it received. I hope to do better some day. I did receive an email from a former telegraph operator who seemed to enjoy it. So thanks, Ernie. “73”
Arresting Development
The Bluths will return in motion picture. Apparently the entire cast of [...]

Technical difficulties prevented this from being posted yesterday.
Self Promotion
My column this month is on my undying need not to be on public display. It was inspired by a Heartland story, that ran last Friday, on two people who thrive in the spotlight.
Please Get Out of My Head!

Another columnist wrote recently on one of the [...]

The answer to this week’s trivia question is Jed Leland, as portrayed by Chevy Chase in a season one Saturday Night Live skit entitled: Citizen Kane II. When a deli delivery boy arrives at the newsroom, Leland peaks into the bag and says:
“Let’s see here, what am I, chopped liver?”
It’s a throwaway line, but as [...]