Writing from the Heart with Brian
Think, Laugh, & Cry Each Day
My coworker and I waited for the elevator. We were heading back to work. I had helped proof a report for him and he thanked me by taking me to lunch. He was the finance guy, I was the comms guy. We didn’t work a lot together, but I was happy to help him. He... Continue Reading →
The white truck two parking spaces from me rumbled to life. The driver in jeans and blue shirt with his name over his left pocket seemed eager to leave the parking lot so I let him go ahead of me. I was in another place anyway. As soon as the guy started his engine and... Continue Reading →
My laptop was slow starting up the other day, it needed an update, and I found myself thinking about the first computer I ever got to see up close. It was an original Macintosh 128K, the first successful mass-market all-in-one desktop personal computer with a built-in screen and mouse. The computer showed up one day... Continue Reading →
An elderly couple walks past me. Time has turned her hair gray and taken much of his. He walks with a limp and she's got her arm tightly wrapped around his, the other holding a bright daisy. I'm not sure if they're lost, looking for directions, or just on their daily walk. They're slow walkers... Continue Reading →
When I was a kid, I would reach down and lift up my toy box in slow motion like I had superhuman strength similar to the Bionic Man from the ABC Television show The Six Million Dollar Man. I would mimic the mechanical “tuh-tuh-tuh-tuh” sound he made when he lifted something and imagine that the... Continue Reading →
Sports according to television ratings are better than ever. Nielsen estimated 123.7 million viewers tuned in for Super Bowl LVIII this past February, between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs. In total, year-over-year viewership was up 7.4% from 2023. It’s not just football, an estimated 18.9 million viewers watched the NCAA Women's... Continue Reading →
(A version of this story ran April 22, 2016) When a customer service representative asked for the best way to contact me recently, I immediately started giving her my childhood phone number. I haven’t thought about the phone number in more than 25 years. I’m not even sure it works anymore. And it came blurting out... Continue Reading →
I couldn't help but look past my wife to next table in the restaurant and the couple sitting with their two young kids. The couple barely said anything to each other. You could tell they were running on too many cups of coffee and fumes. And this was before one of the kids reached across... Continue Reading →
I got an email the other day from a financial institution about how to watch out for scam emails and sites looking to expose users to malware and identity theft. Warnings like that always get my attention because they tap into my fears. The email explained that scams are on the rise and offered a... Continue Reading →
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