by jeff | Jun 14, 2022 | Uncategorized
Last week, I mentioned my journey to Florida. The primary purpose of my trip was work. The secondary purpose was to squeeze in a mini-vacation. Apparently, the tertiary purpose of my trip was to leave my gas tank unattended so ne’er-do-wells could empty it. Gas...
by jeff | Jun 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
Last week I went to St. Petersburg Florida for a conference. It was my first flight after being deemed by the federal government as posing no significant risk to the general population of travelers, flight attendants, and pilots. In other words, I finally got TSA...
by jeff | Mar 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
Last week I went to Phoenix for Spring Training. If you follow baseball, you’ll know that there was no Spring Training due to the player/owner labor dispute. I offered to help them settle it by officiating a rock/paper/scissors contest, but the league office no...
by jeff | Mar 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
Prices are going up on everything. Gas, food, flamethrowers (I’ll get to that in a minute) all cost more than they did a year ago. Last night I went to an Italian restaurant and they charged $5 for bread. For bread! Remember when Italian restaurants practically...
by jeff | Feb 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
Bird watchers are positively giddy with the news that the first-ever bat falcon has been spotted in the United States. If you read that and had to do a double-take, so did I. Until about 10 minutes ago, I had never heard of a bat falcon. At first, I thought it...
by jeff | Feb 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
Critics can be tough. Particularly when it comes to friends and family. That’s why I don’t ask people if they’ve read my books. If they like it, they will tell me. If they didn’t, I know they will avoid the topic. So, why make us both feel...