William Singer, this 56-year-old Needs Your Help
As someone who has waited over an hour for a restaurant table while later arriving patrons wink at the manager, and are promptly seated, I know the front door rarely works.
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The Cheese Challenge: Not a ‘Gouda’ Idea
Fire up your Twitter or Instagram feeds, search "#cheesechallenge" and watch toddlers worldwide getting pelted with slices of cheddar, Muenster, havarti, pepper jack and the like.
If Family Conversations Sounded Like Congressional Hearings
I spent the better part of Feb. 27 listening to partisan backstabbing, snide interruptions and accusations of not playing by the rules. That’s a normal day in my house. I also watched the Michael Cohen hearing.
Talk Like an Oklahoman, Doggone It
As a seasoned traveler, I enjoy stumbling on locales that seem immune from the consequences of time. It could be a town containing an actual drive-in movie venue. Or a sweets establishment that all the locals refer to as the…
For Golf Geeks, Hearing is Believing
Other sounds I’ve been privy to while playing, and which I hope Foresight avoids in its next software upgrade, include a golf ball hitting a
condominium roof, bouncing through a gravel parking lot and colliding with a low-flying bird. Thankfully for the bird population, I’ve only produced that sound once.
Jesus and Penniless Dads Need Their Own Emojis
I do see myself using the newly approved skunk, garlic and onion emojis, as all three will come in handy when I am reminding my younger daughter, via text, to clean her room. I see no purpose for the auto rickshaw, seeing that Uber and Lyft drivers are usually hovering near me at all times and can provide transportation faster than a guy pedaling a bike strapped to a bench.
The Evolution of the School Snow Day
The buses in my high school daughter’s district rolled on the day before the mercury plummeted to levels not
seen since the second hour of "The Revenant" with Leonardo DiCaprio.
And the “Flight From Hell” Winner is…
Nobody wants to hear about the two-hour delay to Austin, the de-icing truck malfunction in Milwaukee or the passenger with nonexistent hygiene aboard your flight to San Francisco that left you so traumatized, you DEMAND a refund. Or at least 50,000 frequent airline points that can be redeemed during blackout periods.
Marie Kondo, do my kids bring me “joy?”
Only subzero temperatures and mountains of snow outside my garage could prompt me to shuffle through my on-screen programming guide, stumble across a show starring a Japanese millennial who dubs herself a “tidying expert” and think, “Hey, THIS looks interesting.”
Before Running for President, Please Spit and Rinse
I have no aspirations to run for political office, but should my ambitions change I have already formulated a list of promises I will make to the American public when it comes to social media usage. I promise to hire…