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September 6, 2016

Standing Still

“Stand still with me.” Someone once said that the only thing constant is change, which makes absolute sense. We are born, and from that moment we shift, we grow, we change, from day to day, from year to year, and for the rest of our lives. We encounter others who are also growing and changing, … Continue reading Standing Still

August 31, 2016August 31, 2016

Dear Journal: In Time

“The rich declare themselves poor, and most of us are not sure if we have too much. But we’ll take our chances ’cause God stopped keeping score…” ~George Michael Dear Journal, It’s a definite, I guess. In time all things change, even the things I used to see as inflexible. Change doesn’t have to be … Continue reading Dear Journal: In Time

August 20, 2016August 20, 2016

As Big As Bill Cosby

When I was a kid I wanted to be famous. I wanted the whole wide world to know my name, and not just for fifteen minutes either. I would look on TV and see stars like Bill Cosby and Jerry Seinfeld and I wanted that. People used to tell me all the time that I … Continue reading As Big As Bill Cosby

August 8, 2016August 8, 2016

Luxury Tax

I always hated the Luxury Tax space on the Monopoly game board, conveniently located between the highest priced properties in the game — Park Place, and Boardwalk.It always hit me at a time when I could least afford it, at the exact time I needed to be somewhere else, anywhere else. It killed me because … Continue reading Luxury Tax

August 7, 2016August 7, 2016

Dear Journal: Rio

Dear Journal, I wish I was in Rio right now. Yes, Zika virus be damned. I want to be there. I’ve always felt a connection to the Olympics, at least since 1996. Back then it was Atlanta, and it was Jackie Joyner-Kersee, and it was Michael Johnson. Back then it was all about track and … Continue reading Dear Journal: Rio

July 27, 2016

10 Ways From Sunday

There’s a thin line between wanting your children to be safely quarantined against the harsh world and wanting them to be prepared to hold their own in a landscape that is shifting, and increasingly for the worse. Someone said “MF’er” in front of my children the other day, and I wanted to slap her 10 … Continue reading 10 Ways From Sunday