Recent Essays

March 30, 2025 Life’s hurdles will never stop.  It’s like in those terrifying Halloween movies where Mike Myers just never goes away.  The dude has been stabbed, shot, dropped, fallen and beaten countless times, but always pops up for another sequel!  For some reason, just like in life, when this happens we react with a… Read more: The Sequel to the Sequel

March 23, 2025 I’ve heard from many parents and have myself experienced times when parenting just feels like a series of threats and negotiations, particularly when it comes to “disciplinary” or behavioral concerns.   This of course is usually said in jest with varying levels of truth behind it and the reason we chuckle along is… Read more: Blue Chips

March 16, 2025 How often do you find yourself doing something that you know is not good for you?  Cheating on your spouse or slithering out of paying your taxes, while we know will land us in serious hot water (most of the time), are not exactly the types of behaviors to which I’m referring.  … Read more: Spicy Chocolate

They say that time goes by faster the older you get.  Is this true or is it simply our perception that the more distant our memories become, the slower they went by when we were actually experiencing them?  I seem to remember summer as a kid feeling like a long weekend.   Time always flies by… Read more: The Well

March 2, 2025 “Who cares if she doesn’t like you?  Does everybody in the entire world have to like you?” George Costanza’s girlfriend asks him. He replies without hesitation, as if she’s the crazy one, “Yes! Everybody has to like me! I must be liked!”  and we all laugh because “George is gettin’ upset” that… Read more: What’s the Big Deal?