Think, Laugh, & Cry Each Day
It's always strange when the shoe gets turned on the other foot. I'm not sure this saying translates all over the world, but the idea is that you're negotiating with someone and something happens that reverses the situation, putting you in a tough spot. A few weeks ago, I posed a series of Mystery of... Continue Reading →
My mother was doing some last minute errands. I’m sure that towing me along for the ride two days before Christmas was the last thing on her mind. We walked into the store and I was somehow able to convince my mom to make a "quick stop" at the toy section and, then when then it... Continue Reading →
I drove around the back of the building and pulled into an empty parking space. I took a deep breath and hesitated. I just wanted to put my head in the sand and never come out, but I knew I couldn't, I needed a job. However, I hesitated, because I wasn’t sure where to go.... Continue Reading →
When most folks think of preschool television, they think of Sesame Street and Elmo and Big Bird and the Muppet Characters. It makes sense Sesame Street is the long running kids program on American television. However, I think of another program. Who remembers The Electric Company? Learning is fun The Electric Company ran for six... Continue Reading →
As soon as we got off one theme park ride, we ran to the next and the next. Fifteen years ago, we went to Walt Disney World. Our kids had been asking and my wife and I had been working hard at work. We needed the break. We saved up the money and set a... Continue Reading →
(Reposting a previous blog with some slight editing.) I wrote this piece more than thirty years ago when I worked as a reporter at a small newspaper and was sent out to cover a house fire that had come across the police scanner. The sad thing is that the piece never appeared anywhere — at... Continue Reading →
I’m dying. It's a sobering thought. Oh, I’m not dying today, nor tomorrow, nor the next day, at least as far as I know. I have nothing specifically wrong with me and I don’t know the specific date when I'm passing onto the next life, but I'm still dying. I don't mean to diminish the health... Continue Reading →
On August 5, 1926, in one of his last public stunts, American magician Harry Houdini spent 91 minutes buried alive in an underwater airtight coffin, beating rival magician Rahman Bey's time of one hour. Houdini, a world famous escape artist, illusionist, and stunt performer, repeated the feat twice more in preparation to revive his traveling... Continue Reading →
You never know where you’ll get some good advice. My wife and I went to an ice cream shop on a recent Sunday afternoon and saw a silly saying on a dish towel. My dish of "Death by Chocolate" was to die for, but I’m thinking I found my new permanent call to action. "Money... Continue Reading →
Writing from the Heart with Brian 
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