Janet, Jared and Isabella took a quick trip with some friends to Sanibel for a few days of R & R over a recent three day weekend.  Isabella came back with some starfish and a story for me that was just simply so cute, I had to publish it.  I’ve always cherished each moment from [...]

I moved out of Maitland, which I have described as the purgatory of my life.  However, now that I’m back in downtown Orlando, I happened to come across this old draft in my blog archives which I thought I’d launch.  I thought you might like it. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- I got a note today, in this office building [...]

Charles Darwin created a theory of the development of species and natural selection without any clear comprehension of genetics. That notwithstanding, he got it ostensibly correct. He had no idea that genetic codes were as unambiguous as they are turning out to be, but he nevertheless realized that there was a powerful force, functioning in [...]

I just got finished watching, at Janet’s request, the 1400th show Ellen has broadcast, apparently last night.  She had her typical potpourri of guests on the show, which was just fine.  But more substantially, she had a fast-moving retrospective of some of her shows along the way. What was intriguing to me when I had penned [...]

So, at 8 years old, my sweetheart Isabella, I suspect as a result of watching either Nickelodeon or Disney or both, is now into karate. She is chomping at the bit to get involved. Her rationale is the fact that if she were ever attacked by any “bad men,” she’d be able to defend herself by [...]

There apparently has been a seismic shift on the planet . . . well, not exactly my planet, but certainly my wife Janet’s. Apparently, Oprah really is gone and Ellen Degeneres seems to be the beneficiary. I happened to walk into the bedroom when all of the kids were down a few nights ago, and Janet was pretty [...]

  So, I thought this was so cute, it had to get published.  Since Jordan, at 16, and Jared, at 13, are feeling stronger as they get older,  the challenge of dealing with a young 8 year old fire brand who balances all of us out in psychic strength has escalated. As I was pontificating on that very subject throughout [...]

I was in the midst of the work of the day when I got an urgent phone call on my office voicemail. It told me to call back right away. I didn’t have a chance at that moment, but I thought I’d better call back quickly. I didn’t get the opportunity.  Before I could break, [...]

So, one of the blogs I missed publishing during this last year was the homecoming we had for our sophomore (now a Junior). It was an incredible affair. We actually had a bunch of parents and many of the sophomores over to the house for pictures, refreshments and appetizers, and a most unbelievable picture-taking extravaganza. Mind you: it [...]

As I think about the ongoing battle we are currently facing as to our policy on immigration, I am reminded of a somewhat unknown point of demarcation in western civiliation for which, to a large extent, we can all be grateful:  the destruction of Carthage by Rome. Interestingly, the Empire of Carthage was a massive [...]