The change was correct; it was the receipt that bothered me. I couldn’t understand why I had been given the senior discount by the fast-food place. In some narrow chronological sense, of course, I qualified for it. But I was in the drive-through, and the lady with the garbled … [Read more...]

Whatever happened to elevator music? It seems to have become extinct, at least in public places, which is where elevator music performed its greatest service. Sure, the music was as bland as warmed over Cream of Wheat, as insipid as a Nicholas Sparks’ novel, but that was its … [Read more...]

While making notes for a newspaper story about our town's annual summer music festival, I spied my colleague Wayne. He was working on a different newspaper story for our town’s newspaper, The Mattawa Recorder. He still uses a camera that takes film while mine is digital. My … [Read more...]

Hi Mom and Dad, I just woke up after attending the most far out wedding(s) ever imagined. One of our guys at work, Bobo, who comes from Russia, had to get married and not because of an impending baby arrival. Bobo, according to his lawyer, had to get married in order NOT to get … [Read more...]

Do you ever wonder about certain people’s choice of career? I do. For instance, just last week I was hospitalized, and in need of a little sympathy. Nurse Ratchet was the only reluctant respondent to my buzzer. She delighted to report that my insatiable thirst would be quenched … [Read more...]