That feeling of missing something…
You know that feeling when you’re on your way to the airport and have a sense that you may have forgotten something at home? I have that same feeling right now, but while waiting for my return flight to go back home. I have the sense that I haven’t realized …
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Solo honeymoon
A man was arrested at the Miami International Airport for joking that he had explosives in his bag. His bail was set at $50,000. That’s exactly what my wife did 15 years ago when we were going through airport security to go on our honeymoon. The TSA folks did not …
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Bathroom souvenir
My father finally finished installing all the door knobs around our house. Then my mother went to the bathroom, and when she opened the door to come out of the bathroom, she was left with a souvenir.
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Privacy inside out
My dad was very kindly installing lots of door knobs throughout our house (bedrooms, closets, bathrooms…). He had done lots of doors and was in the final stretch when he was installing the privacy lever in my office door. After he had been working on it for about 10 minutes, …
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Harmonious bathroom
Allison, my parents, my sister and I went to a flute and piano recital last night. It was in a large auditorium at Allison’s university. Before the starting time, I announced I was going to the bathroom, and my dear wife pointed to where she thought the bathrooms were, following …
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High class at fundraiser
Here’s an absent-minded story from a friend: (names have been changed to protect victims) Billy and I have started supporting an organization called Little Lights and we went to their annual fundraiser banquet a couple weeks ago at a hotel in DC. It was a 3 course dinner with silent …
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Clothesline voodoo
I walked out to our backyard patio today and noticed two odd things:1) the retractable clothesline was up, but it didn’t have any clothes in it, and2) there was a weird object hanging from the clothes line. I thought the weird object must be a leaf, but it didn’t look …
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Grand for Solo
The evening before my knee surgery, Allison and I went out to dinner, to eat Italian. I wanted a large meal, since the next day I couldn’t eat or drink anything before my surgery, so I ordered the Family Size Lasagna for 4 People, for myself. We were surprised and …
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