Won’t you take me to Funkytown?

I know what to look for, now, and it’s funny how soon it starts to happen. I’m talking about SAD, or seasonal affective disorder. Yes, it could be in my head. It could be the stress of getting the kids back to school (this week) and my wife going back to teach (this week) and […]

Summer’s big wind-down

It’s the last week of summer. That is “summer” as in “no school,” not “summer” as in “hot.” Because the heat will keep right on going here until October or so. And lemme tell you, the heat is kicking my ass. I feel like such an old fart. I know part of it’s mental, but […]

Just because

I went for a run this morning. After writing all that yesterday I sorta had to, to prove it to myself that maybe I wasn’t going to be a lard ass forever. And also because John Hughes couldn’t, today. And he’s the guy that gave me a boner for science.