Running At the Speed of Life "Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age." -Victor Hugo

While I was shopping at my local grocery–not the big chain, but the little neighborhood store that has great deals on meat–an old Elton John song was playing in the background. I started singing along absentmindedly while waiting for the … Continue reading →

Photo by Túrelio, available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike license. Some rights reserved. Identity theft on the Internet is just as real as somebody smashing in your car window to steal your wallet. Sometimes the online damage can be worse. … Continue reading →

After listening to “WireTap” on National Public Radio I’ve decided, at age 40-something, it’s time to finally disclose one of my most embarrassing childhood memories. I mean, if radio personality Jonathan Goldstein can talk about having to introduce his first … Continue reading →

you remember when you actually had to DIAL a telephone. you remember having to get up and walk across the room if you wanted to change the channel on the TV. you watched film strips in grade school during which … Continue reading →

My mom’s been gone for a little over two years and I still experience twinges of grief at odd moments. I’ll hear a piece of classical music on the radio that reminds me of her, or a scene from a … Continue reading →