The ice chests have ice in them. Trudy has begun transferring the foodstuffs from the fridge. And the dogs both know that something’s going on. That Guinness should know is perhaps not surprising. He’s twelve years old and has seen it all before. So in the interest of ensuring that we don’t leave without him, […]
Yearly Archives: 2012
Jimmy and Johnny
Sun, 26 Aug 2012, 03:40 PM (-06:00)
I was sitting there on the gym floor. Cooling down. Thoughts inward. Zoning out before going to work. “Good morning, Mr. David!” I looked up, and there was Jimmy smiling down at me. He had just stepped off the Bosu balance trainer and was handing the barbells to Johnny. “Your turn!” he said to me, pointing to the […]
First Man on the Moon
Sat, 25 Aug 2012, 03:46 PM (-06:00)
The greatness of a generation. The attention of the world holding their breath. The first man on the moon. Time passed. We grow old. One by one, the greatness passes. RIP Neil Armstrong.
Spiral Notebooks
Thu, 23 Aug 2012, 07:46 PM (-06:00)
1. Watching You “I’ve been watching you,” Kashif said. He stood up from his desk and walked over to me. “I’ve been watching how you take notes during the day. I need to do that.” I looked down at my spiral notebook and looked up at him and smiled. I was flattered that he noticed. […]
On Cementing My Reputation
Mon, 16 Jul 2012, 08:16 PM (-06:00)
Prelude And then all eyes fell on me. “A joke or an embarrassing story about yourself,” was the rule. An embarrassing story, fine, but you know as well as I that the unwritten expectation there was that it be an entertaining embarrassing story. My embarrassments are many, but their entertainment value is nil. So it […]
Not Too Big to Leave
Sun, 15 Jul 2012, 09:11 PM (-06:00)
No Personal Banker For You “I’d like to close my account,” I told the teller. She told me I should sit down and wait for a personal banker. I sat down at waited. Across the vast, empty expanse of the bank, a couple personal bankers were busy helping other customers. And when it got to […]
Morning/Evening After The Rains
Wed, 11 Jul 2012, 09:20 PM (-06:00)
1. Morning On the way to work, I stopped to sit beside the pool. To watch the fish slowly circle and blow bubbles on the still surface of the water. I stopped to contemplate the Lily Pads. The white blossoms. The peach-colored blossoms. I set my laptop case on the table. And my cucumber snack […]
How Did You Find This Place?
Sun, 10 Jun 2012, 02:38 PM (-06:00)
“How did you find this place?” I asked the fair and industrious Trudy who has researched and planned and booked all our travel to Kaua‘i and Hawai‘i. Our condo on Kaua‘i was nice, but I tell you, this Keauhou Beach Resort was fancy. I mean palm trees swaying against a deep blue sky and white […]
I Have Some Suspiscions
Sun, 10 Jun 2012, 09:32 AM (-06:00)
Bobby Jindal quoted in The National Review carrying the water for the haters: I suspect that many in the Obama administration really don’t believe in private enterprise. At best, they see business as something to be endured so that that it can provide tax money for government programs. [Jindal, TNR] Really. Is that so? And […]
Music at Bongo Ben’s
Sun, 10 Jun 2012, 08:38 AM (-06:00)
We were eating hamburgers and fish-and-chips, sitting on the porch of Bongo Ben’s enjoying the air of our first evening on the Kona Coast. A guy was playing the guitar and singing on a small stage at the far end of the porch. No, that’s not right. We were at the back, and he and […]