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I was reading The Oxford Book of American Literary Anecdotes when it occurred to me that if you want to be a great writer, you’ve got to be screwed up. From this amusing collection I learned that Edgar Allan Poe’s antics included marrying his 13-year-old cousin. Eugene O’Neill … [Read more...]
I graduated from college with a vague sense of unease. The school was thrusting me out into the world without so much as a “thank you for paying us ten grand a year” and I felt unprepared for it. I hadn’t been taught to budget, balance a checkbook or cook anything besides Ramen … [Read more...]
Not many of the male species survive long in our house. Take Shane for instance. The poor little guy never stood a chance. We brought two fish, Shane and Hannah, home from the pet store yesterday. The adorable pair sported neon blue stripes down their backs and darted about the … [Read more...]
The Construction Men cometh -- at about 7 a.m. each day -- to bulldoze and bang their way through my morning dreams. I try to ignore them. I hug the pillows to my ears and throw the covers over my head in an effort to cling to my sleep. But these Nazis of Noise, these Demons of … [Read more...]
My father worried about my future. He kept asking me if I knew where I was going. "What profession will surrender to your wit?" An old trick used by fathers in his generation was to hand a boy a tool like a paintbrush or a shovel and see what he'd do with it. When I was eight … [Read more...]