In September 2020, I fractured by right tibea plateau in three places. I came off an obstacle awkwardly, landing so that from the knee down was bent back, from the knee up was forward, and all my weight smashed into the top of that plateau, which holds the weight ofContinue Reading
When my daughter, Emma, was a little more than a year old, my wife, Becky, found a toddler music class for her. It was for ages one to three, and kids sang and played instruments in the class. It sounded great. Of course, with Becky’s work schedule, she couldn’t takeContinue Reading
Last night at the grocery store, the lady at the register said to me, “Hello, handsome, would you like paper or plastic?” I smiled, said “paper,” and as she was ringing me up, I thought to myself things such as, “Dan, you handsome bastard, you still have it. Aging likeContinue Reading
FUNNY STORY (and last Buffett post, I promise): Back in the summer of 2000, I was working at a newspaper when I saw a job ad for an associate editor at a boating magazine. I really wanted to get into magazines, and a boating magazine seemed REALLY cool. The problemContinue Reading
The reporting will focus almost entirely on margaritas and cheeseburgers and Hawaiian shirts. He made a lot of fans and a whole lot of money marketing that stuff. But to me that’s all BS. I’ve always maintained that if you look deeper than all the schtick, to some of hisContinue Reading
I need a lawyer. I’m looking for legal advice for an upsetting situation I’m dealing with. My daughter has been leaving packages of dessert food out with signs stating it’s a $10 fine if I have one. She leaves this food out in the open instead of putting it awayContinue Reading
Mount Katahdin stands 5,267 feet high. It’s the highest point in Maine, but it’s no K2. So why does it break hikers’ hearts and keep rangers busy saving people on the mountain? A group of hikers found out the hard way . . . twice. THIS CAN’T BE HAPPENING, IContinue Reading