• How to be the perfect houseguest

    Tuesday, May 27, 2014 Permalink 0

      I’ve been on vacation for the last couple days.  It was like one of those hedonistic cruises without the boat.  We ate, drank and were very, very merry.  It took all day yesterday laying on my couch for my booze soaked synapses to dry up.  Last night circa 11pm, after 24 alcohol-free hours, my mind ...

  • To the top of Mt. Baldy

    Sunday, May 25, 2014 Permalink 0

      As often as I’ve been in this part of Michigan, I’ve never climbed the stairs at Mt. Baldy.  282 stairs to be precise.  The feat is rated as the #1 Saugatuck attraction by Trip Advisor.  At the top of the stairs, the panoramic view is of the Kalamazoo River, Lake Michigan, sand dunes, and the ...

  • Hello summer! I missed you!

    Saturday, May 24, 2014 Permalink 0

      After a 70 hour work week with cash in my pocket, I like to hit the road.   Steve invited me to a house party in Douglas, Michigan; White Pines.  His place is like Barbie’s Dream House.  The outside is perfectly manicured.  The inside is exquisitely decorated.  I remember I was here before I was ever ...

  • If life gives you a candy bar, eat it

    Thursday, May 22, 2014 Permalink 0

    Yesterday, I tried to be sympathetic to someone’s life struggle. HER:  I haven’t eaten chocolate in a week and a half. It’s really hard. ME:  I bet. HER:  No, you don’t understand I eat a candy bar every day.  I’ve eaten a candy bar every day for years. ME:  I wish I was able to eat a candy bar ...

  • Triple double

    Wednesday, May 21, 2014 Permalink 0

    I’m doing a triple double.  Yesterday, I was at the office at 7am so I could be at the restaurant at 3:45pm. I got home circa 10:25pm.  I went to bed so I could get up and do it all again today... and tomorrow. I’ve requested *an* evening shift for awhile.  I’ve always told Franco that ...

  • What the pluck?

    Monday, May 19, 2014 Permalink 0

    I found a white hair yesterday.  It doesn’t sound like a big deal, right?  UNLESS, it’s sticking straight out of your cheek like a cat whisker and it’s in the middle of your brunch shift.  I discovered it, to my horror, during a potty break.  And that was in bar lighting that is considered gentle.  ...

  • Sometimes, it’s not what you imagined…

    Sunday, May 18, 2014 Permalink 0

      I’ve been looking at the view of Montrose Harbor for ten years.  In all that time, I’ve never seen it with so much industrial sized activity.  It’s usually just clear water with the occasional boat coming and going from its dock.  Lately, there have been 2-3 barges hoisting a variety of machinery.   This picture ...

  • Things I refuse to be too old for…

    Saturday, May 17, 2014 Permalink 0

      43 degrees on May 16th sucks.  We bought Cubs tickets for yesterday afternoon.  I believed mid-May would have cleared the sleet and snow.  I imagined myself coatless, drinking beer in the sunshine. I trusted that we had endured enough crap weather this winter that May would bring flowers… mega bouquets of them.  NAH!   On Thursday, ...

  • Hold my hand, Louis!

    Thursday, May 15, 2014 Permalink 0

    I'm falling in love with Louis CK. I mean I thought he was cute when he dated Leslie Knope on Parks & Rec.  I liked when he bested Bradley Cooper in "American Hustle."  And now he is trending for a seven minute exchange on dating fat women. I believe my life unfolds in sequential order through Divine intervention. ...

  • I’m Waiting…

    Wednesday, May 14, 2014 Permalink 0

      This week (actually for the last 2 weeks) in my “How to train a wild elephant” had me focusing on waiting.  The challenge encouraged me to use unexpected speed bumps as opportunities to meditate.  When I was waiting on something or someone, I was to use the time to be still, be centered, be mindful. ...