New Year, Old Habits
The New Year is like the phoenix, the legendary bird that rose from its own ashes; it gives us the annual opportunity to rebuild the smoldering wreckage from the previous year’s failures ( Read more... )

Holidays and Nights
Holidays can make people do crazy things. Let it be known that this winter break, starting immediately after Thanksgiving and going all the way up to Christmas Eve, I listened to Bing Crosby’s “Mele Kalikimaka” forty-seven times. Forty-seven. I figured that, contrary to the lyrics, it was no longer the thing to say at all after ( Read more... )

Height Advantage
I know, I know. I'll probably be smacked upside the face with a sock full of coal this season, or batteries if I'm in prison by then, what with the gross neglect of the eljay. I won't bore you with my excuses for not having written lately. I will, however, bore you with the stories that accompany them ( Read more... )

Vacations I Have Taken
When I was eight, my parents took my brother and me to Phoenix to visit my aunt and uncle ( Read more... )