A Story from my Childhood I recently reconnected with a long-ago friend by email, and he informed me that I was the first person to show him a Playboy magazine. Here was my response: Dear J, I’m wondering if I showed you one of my Dad’s magazines, or if it…

What if? How come? Why Me? can easily flip to: What if not? How come it isn't (or didn't)? Why not me? My sister and her family live in northern Israel where it's quiet, for now. She has a teenage girl and three older boys. The eldest was an officer…

The bathroom needed work. We bought the house for about $100K less than it was probably worth, knowing it needed about $100K in renovations—and also knowing we didn’t have the $100K to do the work, but over time we might scrape something together. Maybe. Some of it was necessary: we…

Dear Addie, Your shoes are fantastic, my friend!! :) Yes, adult friendships are TOUGH, and I'm not sure if it's better or worse when you're already coupled. …

From building cars to scanning the surface of Mars, there’s still one common task that keeps us very, very human. Robots can do anything. The AI is developing at an exponential rate, not to mention the nano-mechanics and physical attributes of our helpful servants, the robots. They clean our floors…

Wisdom from a newly-minted quinquagenarian. “Two weeks ago I came up with the perfect thing to say on this occasion, but I failed to write it down and now, being fifty, of course I forgot. “Already, I’m using sticky notes for everything. “I think my body knows I’m fifty but…

“Do you suck dick?! Do you suck dick?!” Over and over and over again. Not at me, mind you, he was screaming at the other guy, the one who pulled around the corner into the parking lot lane where the screamer was backing out, quickly, hidden from view by a…

Personal question, feel free to answer or ignore (or maybe answer with a pleasant lie): Do I compel drama or am I hyper-sensitive to my own ideas of how things should work versus how they manifest in reality? See, on Tuesday one of our circulator pumps broke and we lost…

No white person can speak to issues of persecution? I forget that the Jews were never persecuted. Or gays. It's easy to be Hindu in America. And I can get any job in the arts I want to support my family. Sure... Feel free to extend your brand of prejudicial…