The first car I ever owned was a 1966 Triumph Spitfire I bought for $250 bucks. If those were pesos, it was still a bad deal. It had an engine less powerful than a hand- held blender from Sears and a heater that was perfect if you were Frosty the Snowman and hated heat, or lived … [Read more...]

The three college students' names were Tom, Mike, and Derek. They were young, ambitious, and full of testosterone. Lots of it. They rode in my taxi every weekend, going from the dorms to off-campus parties. For them, the party always started at the dorms. After months of … [Read more...]

Samuel Adams took a stool at the bar, whilst he waited on his bud. Wiser men around him were debating the brewing revolution and the British High Life feeling for their American cousins. Samuel thought that now might be the time for a hard cider approach to the British. The talk … [Read more...]

The days of the week invoke certain feelings for me. If I wake up realizing Sunday is actually Monday, my mood changes drastically. This is how I talk to each day of the week, like I know each one personally: Dear Monday, You sneaky little b*tch! You just slipped right out from … [Read more...]

I never thought I'd ever be a middle-aged suburban housewife, but here I am and it's no 'Desperate Housewives' where I live. As far as I know, no one is sleeping with anyone else's husband or wife. No one has killed anyone in the neighborhood. A plane hasn't crashed into our … [Read more...]