My Corona

My Corona

I finally got it. After nearly 3 years of avoiding COVID, it finally beat me. So, I hope you’ll forgive me if my newsletter is short this week. In fact, I’m going to post a replay of my trip to get the shot from 2021 below. In the meantime, I’m doing okay. I would say...
Greetings From Canada!

Greetings From Canada!

I’m writing to you from Canada today! Can you believe they let me in? I know my wife sure couldn’t. I think our family had a pool going on for how long I would be detained at the border. So, she’s a little sore, that she lost. Mostly she was afraid that I would say...
The Nut List

The Nut List

I’ve been hearing rumors on social media that people in power keep a nut list. I’m pretty sure I’m on it. And I’m okay with that. I’ve done some things–that to me were perfectly reasonable–but most normal people might think of as odd to get myself there. There was the...
Blind Dates & King Cobras

Blind Dates & King Cobras

The zoo in Stockholm Sweden had to be closed this week because a king cobra escaped, according to Ben Hooper at UPI. To me, closing seems like an under-reaction. I think a king cobra escape would be grounds for a drone strike, but that’s just me. I know you’re...
Gaps in the Greeting Card Market

Gaps in the Greeting Card Market

Lately, I’ve been considering a new business idea. If you’ve been to a greeting card store lately (or the greeting card aisle of your local pharmacy), you’ve probably noticed they are woefully lacking in the types of cardboard sentiment that capture the current...
The Cycle of Dumbness

The Cycle of Dumbness

Every day we do dumb things. And we hope the dumb things don’t outnumber the smart things so that a trend develops. Once dumbness begins to trend, bad things are on the way. Yesterday, I did a dumb thing. I left my phone at home, before driving an hour and a half away...