Life

Avoiding the Succubus

You know, I think I am going about this girlfriend hunting thing the wrong way. For the last four years, I have looking for the perfect girl. Some supermodel that is the CEO of a Fortune 500 company that likes pizza, football and sex (and probably needs to be a...

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Sometimes Caring for Someone Isn’t Enough

Looking back at my relationship from the last year reminds me of Albert Einstein’s famous quote: “Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” That’s me and my former girlfriend. For the past year, we have struggled to keep our relationship afloat. She would...

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I Will Always Remember this Moment…

It is 1:54 PM. I have just finished running a little over 4 miles and it is hot. I am sweating profusely. My phone gives off the Old Spice Whistle signifying that I received a text message. My girlfriend and I have been having issues so I was a...

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The Death of Democracy

The political landscape in the United States is in shambles. We have two political candidates for president that no one in the country is particularly thrilled about. Our economy is falling apart, the nanny-state like that of Europe appears to be growing, and our rights seem to disappearing like...

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A Little Bit of History Part 2

Over the last decade, my life has gone through some major trauma. A divorce, my kids living somewhere else, a layoff, moving to San Diego and three different apartments. I was short of money, lonely, depressed and saw no future. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. The...

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What’s in a Sitcom?

It is a Wednesday night and I am watching Episode 14 of Season 8 of the show Frazier. Now, this show first aired in 2003. Thirteen years ago. What is odd is I am watching this show for the third time in the last four years. And I know...

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Movie Review: Let Us Prey

I was bored, one night, and decided to cruise Netflix for a movie. The film, “Let Us Prey”, Is a Scottish film (or Irish same thing) starring folks you wouldn’t know. Well, except for the guy that was in Game of Throne as the sailor who was missing his...

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Lessons Learned

I think a relationship I was having ended yesterday. It was my fault. I wanted more. She couldn’t give it to me. I already knew that she could only give me so much. I just didn’t feel she was giving me all she could. Weird things is: I’m not...

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You Will Exit the Way You Enter

About a year ago, I started to see someone. We started as friends but ended up lovers. I told my co-worker about it and she told me words I had never heard before but will never forget: “Remember this: A realtionship will always end the same way it began.”...

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My Kids Can Learn from “Breaking Bad”

I was watching the television show “Breaking Bad” last night and was struck by a scene in the show that really should be an education for our children. Now, I know the scene was meant to be funny and not taken serious, but I also know that there was...

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