Lost Journal: Playing Patient Less Fun than Playing Doctor
Journal entry: October 15, 2007 (age 38) — Playing Doctor “Did you ever see that episode of Seinfeld where Kramer and Mickey get hired to pretend they have … Read more
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Lost Journal: On Second Thought, Leave the Septum Deviated
Journal entry: October 18, 2001 (age 32) — Septum “I’ve seen thousands of deviated septums, and yours is one of the worst I’ve ever seen.” I blushed a … Read more
Lost Journal: To Make a Good Marriage, You Have to Break a Few Eggs
Journal entry: September 25, 1986 (age 17) — Marriage From the time I started high school at Seton Catholic Central, I knew that I would be a husband … Read more
Lost Journal: I’ll Have a Bacon Double Bacon Burger – Hold the Burger
Journal entry: August 11, 2000 (age 31) – Bacon Burger I think I just overdosed on bacon. Kevin Bacon. He and his brother, Michael, have a musical brother … Read more
Two Little Words
You can spend a lifetime figuring out who you really are. As I approach my 60th birthday, I‘m finally closing in on the truth. At the very least, … Read more
The World’s Policeman Stops for a Donut
World’s policeman conflicted by the concept of conflict Well, this is odd. The heck with an exit strategy. We can’t even work out an admittance maneuver. The automatic … Read more
The Poor Tortured Tomato of Agribusiness
Tomato tinkerers go back to the drawing board Warning: Agribusiness is in the lab again, molesting the “molecular machineries” of Mother Nature’s tomato. Actually, it’s the already-machined, industrial … Read more
Lost Journal: Victory Goes to the Science Fair-minded
Journal entry, April 26, 1982 (age 12): Science Fair Pierre and Marie Curie. Watson and Crick. And now, Murphy and Mollen. As we await the results of the … Read more
Lost Journal: 1984 Sophomore Looks Ahead
Journal entry: September 6, 1984 (age 15) – Sophomore I’m now officially sophomoric. Today was the first day of 10th grade at Seton Catholic Central High School. The … Read more
Where Labor Day Came from, and Where It’s Going
The creation of Labor Day was a 12-year struggle Webster’s dictionary tells us that Labor Day was “set aside for special recognition of working people.” That’s nice, but … Read more
