December 18, 2024
The comedian George Carlin, who was one of my favorites, had a routine where he asked why people sometimes check the same pocket twice for keys […]
December 11, 2024
I put on a coat this morning I haven’t worn in about a year and I found a quarter in the right front pocket. I was […]
December 4, 2024
Although I like drinking coffee, I’m by no means an aficionado, and a friend recently sent me an article that sort of cataloged all the ways […]
November 27, 2024
When I was growing up, I had a great Uncle named Sam. He was both my great Uncle and also great as an uncle, who was […]
November 20, 2024
A friend of mine has a magnifying glass with a beautiful carved gemstone handle on it. She told me it belonged to her aunt who she […]
November 13, 2024
There is something interesting in the world of statistics called ‘The Birthday Paradox’. It is so named because if you ask the average person what size […]
November 6, 2024
I was out to dinner the other night at a restaurant with a large group, and three people who were sitting right next to one another […]
October 30, 2024
There is an old toy car that’s been in my family for decades and the way that it works is you put it on a flat […]
October 23, 2024
I heard a song I liked the other day and went to buy the album that the song is on, and when I got to the […]
