A Great Number


Grass Doesn’t Grow on a Busy Highway

How’s this one? If I was going to get a tattoo, this is a pretty good one. Grass doesn’t grow on a busy highway. (Fortunately I still have hair there…but it’ll fade. BTW: That’s not me in the pic. I don’t know the provenance of the shot or I’d cite it.)

Strangest Thing Ever Said to Me at a Restaurant

Sheryl, Matt, Steve and I went to dinner at the local diner last Friday. At the end of dinner, the waiter tapped me on the shoulder.
“Can I ask you a question,” he said.
“Sure.”
“Are you brother and sister, or are you married?” he asked, pointing at Sheryl and me.
I was a little caught off guard. “Married,” [...]

Breakfast with the World’s Best Mayor

See that guy there eating breakfast at Little Pete’s? That the world’s best mayor, Michael Nutter of Philadelphia. And although it’s a stretch to say I “ate breakfast with the world’s best mayor,” it’s true that I was in the same restaurant this morning and had breakfast one table over.
I feel really good about Mr. [...]

Tight Pants

I worked with a guy who used to say, “Let’s not get sweaty around the waistband on this one.”
When I was young — and much thinner — I didn’t know what he meant. Sadly, now I do.
So, today I’m celebrating pants that fit. I’m wearing a pair of black pants  today.  They’re comfortable. The hell [...]

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