[Author’s note: Granted, there is an endless well of seasonal tunes, and this compilation is admittedly incomplete. I confess that it was written while I was sick and under the influence of a combination of over-the-counter cold medications. I laughed, I cried, I wrote. I hallucinated. James Stewart and I sat under my Christmas tree and rang jingle bells while yelling, “Get me. I’m givin’ out wings!” So this is the result.] --- Everyone has their favorite holiday songs. You are … [Read more...]
What Jesus Christ, Bill Murray and 9/11 have in common
December 17, 2012 By 19 Comments
Christmas is a fraud. Let me be clear about my feelings concerning this cash-grab of a holiday right now. From my understanding of the olden days, the Christian church needed to offset Pagan rituals that occurred at this time of year and came up with a date that featured a lovely, squeaky-clean hero baby that didn't drink, smoke or spit on public sidewalks. --- Over the years, national and local retailers have been screaming like banshees about the need to buy early and often, and Black Friday … [Read more...]
The Unemployment Diary – Part 5 – First you say it, then you do it.
June 24, 2011 By 4 Comments
It was waiting downstairs. As you probably have learned from hard-won experience, dear reader, the things that blindside you and alter the course of your life (and not in a good way), the horrific things, don’t come accompanied by a dramatic swell of orchestral music and terse lines of movie script. There aren’t any vampires coming in through the windows at 1 a.m. No, the horrors pop up unheralded on a sunny, ordinary Wednesday morning out of a clear blue sky. I actually felt good … [Read more...]
The Unemployment Diary – Part 3 – Insanity takes hold
May 3, 2011 By 11 Comments
Day-O Day, me say day-ay-ay-o Daylight come and me wan' go home Day, me say day, me say day, me say day…Daylight come and me wan' go home. Had big plans yesterday. Go to the gym, some chores around the house, then several productive office hours mining unemployment sites, writing and looking for ways/places to submit my material. But I just wanted to spend a moment researching our subscription to Netflix, and adding some interesting indie foreign movies with subtitles (translation: … [Read more...]
The Unemployment Diary – Part 2 – Now what?
April 11, 2011 By 6 Comments
...As you already know, Dear Reader, I’ve been canned, sacked, terminated, booted, let go, boned in the ass, as they say. My former employer, the mayor, was decent enough to let me save face by submitting a letter of resignation in which I stated that I was going on to bigger, better things, like dumpster diving and geriatric male prostitution. I’m trying not to wish the worst for him. It’s easy at this time. I supported his candidacy and I feel that he has the city’s best interests … [Read more...]
The Unemployment Diary – Part 1 – The Aftermath
March 21, 2011 By 14 Comments
Recently (so recently, most of my co-workers are blissfully unaware) I have been let go, terminated, been hit by the Big Ugly Axe, sacked. Dear Reader, for your amusement, while I am still giddy over the prospect of getting to stay home and confident about my ability to land another situation making more money and with more prestige and better benefits, I’ve elected to journal my experiences. I think it will be a fun experience and educational for other middle-aged men who will then … [Read more...]
Take it or leave it- Confessions of a senile man
January 14, 2011 By 13 Comments
Prostate Rape I’ve been silent for over a day about this. I know this isn’t necessarily a forum for such a horrid, sad topic. I don’t mean to bring you all down. But I feel that my soul has been crushed and I’ve been a victim of a brutal crime. It happened right in one of the so-called “nice neighborhoods” in town. I was the victim of someone that I considered a friend. A caring, decent woman that I trusted. A Physician’s Assistant at Williamstown Medical and I were in the … [Read more...]
Take them out to the ballgame… and hope they don’t get lost
July 28, 2010 By 3 Comments
Going “down to the city” to see the New York Yankees has always been a big deal in the Bunt house. I’ve been a Yankee fan since 1965- listening to games out on Long Island on a warm summer evening on Grandpa’s transistor radio- I worked quite hard to bias my three daughters toward the New York Baseball nine during their formative years and managed to bat .333, as Jackie is an ardent fan. Jackie told me she was taking me to the new stadium in the Bronx this year and bought a pair of … [Read more...]
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