Today’s post begins with this huge and prominent disclaimer: DON’T DO THIS! Like, EVER! OK? So… back in the early 70s (when it still wasn’t terribly safe) I did a fair amount of hitchhiking. I happened to be one of… Continue reading

They said “Never Forget.” And yet I almost did.             I have to confess… I had a whole other idea underway for today’s E-Note. I thought it was a pretty decent idea, too, so I will just hold on to… Continue reading

If you had never heard them before, the noise would be enough to drive you a little nutty, I imagine. When walking outdoors on a summer evening, I find I often have to raise my voice a notch or two… Continue reading

I glanced over to the right and looked. Not a long, lingering, borderline-creepy sort of “stalker look,” you understand. Just enough of a look to see what the person looked like who had just made that really annoying maneuver in… Continue reading

As I was driving past another new shopping center development in the suburb where I live earlier this week, I was struck by two vivid – and yet directly contradictory – thoughts. The first thought was, “This is so COOL to… Continue reading

Where is my hoverboard? Where is my flying car? Where, oh where are the meals that I can magically summon from my home computer screen? Oh, wait a minute… sorry… I forgot about www.papajohns.com. Remember all of the miraculous technological… Continue reading

My wife and I just returned from our annual trip to the Pacific Northwest region to visit with my parents and siblings. It was a great trip with lots of quality family time and wonderful weather. The sad part, of course,… Continue reading

Today – because of last Friday’s Supreme Court decision – marriage equality is the law of the land in the U.S. From sea to sea. From north to south. In every corner of every state. And although the church and… Continue reading

OK… I will have to start out by apologizing in advance to all of the non-sports fans who might be reading this: Sorry, folks. But only a little sorry. Because right now in the Greater Kansas City metropolitan area, we… Continue reading

Most of the time it is a piece of jewelry to me. There purely for the purpose of personal adornment. Something to include as part of the ritual of getting dressed in the morning: Shoes? Socks? Watch? Wedding ring? Fitbit?… Continue reading