The northern outreaches of Korea were an abstraction on my own and very personal, daily canvas. They were almost all surreal days for me. At age nineteen, my only self-recognizable skills were those that had been God-gifted to me as an athlete. It had never occurred to me that reading and seeing were all part…
Membership is free just about anywhere in the free, or not so free, world. There they be, gathered together: nonsectarian, sectarian, agrarian, religious, persuasions of every imaginable ilk; cut evenly or torn in unmistakably boorish fashion; clear-skinned yet unmercifully pocked by every imaginable disease of deceitful presentation devised by their fellow man. The colors of…
Often, the sheer brilliance of my staff of colleagues is mind-boggling or, if nothing else, at least hard to fathom. Believing the premise that timing is everything, then consider an office where its players launch into a seemingly obtuse conversation regarding the origin and merits of backpacks and kazoos. The fact that last night, some…
Noted people reference their Fathers as they answer the question: “What would your Father have said?” My Father would have at least asked me what I meant by that. Dad always gave me a chance to explain. He always felt he had so much more in life to learn, and not enough allotted time to…
Twenty years of a relationship free from anything disparaging. An audition requiring the presence of the one and only “Double L” always brought with it a smile in anticipation of his sharing a story or two. Lance Legault was a bright, boisterous, and gregarious human being. Lance will be missed, but never forgotten. Our relationship…
da Harv has come to vent His rage by sharing despair. Often to laugh hysterically, Being a free man, without care. Your turn has come Try it on for size With no consequences No punishment for lamenting. Comes now this chance For the fearful amongst you To express dissents. The best way possible, venting! Ah…
–> Yes sir folks, our very own voice over plumber. I’m sure you’ve all heard about singing waiters, part time bartenders, and even off-duty cops who pick up a doubloon or two out there as a location guard. But today, comes a very special arbiter – a prince amongst the common and ordinary of our…
The Courage It Takes to Make People Laugh! DISCLAIMER: My words are an inexact science (like I really needed to tell you that) and much of what I have to say is being brought forth free of any remotely humble display; an exposition, or if you will, an exposé of this guy’s years of gathering,…
A while back, you could have bet the ranch that Harvey Kalmenson couldn’t be found holding court and singing the praises of the folks who are part of the Harley Davidson Family. Make no mistake folks, I found out that they do much more for society than any of us give them credit for doing. …
In general, most feet aren’t particularly attractive. Don’t you think so, especially as one grows older? Some of the oldest and wisest of us human beings happen to have the ugliest feet on the planet. As a matter of fact, the more special the owner of the feet, the more likely it is that those…