The check engine light in my car has been on since the fall of 2023. It’s unlike me not to address it. I’ve always been a person who took...

I remember walking out of the theatre after seeing The Breakfast Club  for the first time and wanting so badly to be Judd Nelson, but...

E Here comes my old lady. E My baby’s six-foot one. E Baby, my old lady she’s a whole ‘lot of fun. E                                  A...

Life is filled with different phases and transitions. Currently, I’m enjoying my middle-aged man phase. It’s an interesting time filled...

“This is the story of how we begin to remember. This is the powerful pulsing of love in the vein.”   When the album Graceland came out, I...

Chapter One: Physics   I am a man of constant sorrow I’ve seen trouble all my days. I bid farewell to old Kentucky The place where I was...

I don’t watch much TV anymore. I used to watch tons, but once the kids were born that changed. At first, I was just too tired. If I had...

I’m trying really hard to be a good American these days. Sincerely. I really am. It’s difficult. There’s a lot of pressure. You’re really...

The guy who bullied me in high school got arrested a few months ago. You’d think I’d be happy about it, but I find myself holding a...

I’m a star-shaped balloon, running out of gas. I reached for the moon, but it was beyond my grasp. You should have seen me an hour ago. I...

“And these children that you spit on As they try to change their worlds. Are immune to your consultations They're quite aware of what...

When are you gonna come down? When are you going to land? I should have stayed on the farm I should have listened to my old man. As the...

“Do you realize? That everyone you know, someday, will die. And instead of saying all of your goodbyes. Let them know you realize that...

Twas the week before Christmas, and me, being a Jew... I was keeping my head down, because these days, that’s what we do. Every morning,...

Poor Jack McGrath just wants to be a stringer. But he can’t hold the strings because he broke all of his fingers. So he says to himself,...

"For a writer, sometimes, it's good to step away." Says only the writer who has nothing to say. There's a secret Chinese restaurant in...

When all the rest are gone— if I'm the last one— will you be happy when it’s just me? Will you parade me around as a sign of your victory...

If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you… There’s an if in life. You can see it right there...

The quote: "A principle isn’t a principle until it costs you money" was originally said by Bill Bernbach. In 1964, after the U.S. Surgeon...

I needed a place to sit and think. So, I made a chair. I could have gone to the store, I suppose. But it would have been such a chore....