Monthly Archives: April 2011

The Greatest…?

Admittedly, I’m not really a basketball fan. The game never really clicked with me, being more tactical than strategic. It was fast, and didn’t require much equipment to play, but it just wasn’t my game. This, despite the fact that most people just assumed I was a ball player, being over 6′ tall. Still, even

Don’t Leave Home Without It

Trivia Question: What common question do people ask on a phone call that never would have been asked 25 years ago?   When I was younger, I remember making a phone call and having it ring until I gave up. You couldn’t leave a message, because no one had voicemail or an answering machine. You

Evolution of Chickenscratch

It’s funny how certain phrases have a, certain universal understanding. Regarding my handwriting, the description that could be applied would be “Doctor’s Handwriting”. More specifically in my case, “engineer’s handwriting”, which may as well be the same thing. To be honest, I’ve never had the best penmanship. It’s been one of my secret shames for

Butterfly Effect

So, here I am, thinking this must be a joke and someone is going to wake me up. I’m sitting in the back of this police cruiser, watching my car get hitched up to a tow truck, I’ve got no phone, and not only am I out of my local calling area, but no one