December is the Season for Puck Drops
(Hockey Player Magazine, December 2015) December is the season for leaf fall, snow fall, and puck drops. My hockey buddies grin when frosty windshields...
Upcoming Trivia Bee to be a Jocular Event
“To speak well and eloquently is a great art, but an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.” Wolfgang Amadeus...
Hockey Dad’s Love-Handle Saves the Game
(Hockey Player Magazine, January 2015) We lumbered inside the locker-room and grimaced as hockey bags slid down our shoulders. I hadn’t seen my Blazer...
Hockey Bag Violates Air Space
(Hockey Player Magazine, May 2014) Humans are among the smelliest creatures in the animal kingdom. We share the “Smelly Top Five” list with the...
A Visit to the Hair Salon
Category: A visit to the hair stylist Anxiety Level: Depends Level of Difficulty: Also depends Result of Blowing It: Really depends...
No Gravy for Pets this Christmas
I stepped in it before I said it. It was the dawn of December 26. Sunlight peeked over the horizon, chasing away a cluster...
Daughter’s Dating is Dad’s Dilemma
Parenthood was simpler when Kate was four. Life before high school and boys is a foggy memory. I yearn for the toddler years when...
Words of Wisdom – Mark Twain
Regarding today’s Federal government shutdown: “We have the best government that money can buy.” Mark Twain, American author and humorist (1835 – 1910)
Eighty-year old Patrick McManus Still Hunts for Laughs
“My career doesn’t seem to be that it was one. But it’s been fun.” Patrick McManus, Outdoor writer, columnist and New York Times best-selling author...