Not long ago, I was in Albany NY for an Overeaters Anonymous service event. Long day. Anyway, dinner was at an up-scale restaurant with absolutely humorless wooden chairs.  You may know the sort of chair I mean. They look like they have padding but, when you sit down, you realize the layer of fabric in [...]

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In a prior life, I was a Japanese Beetle. Why would a logical, science oriented adult male, like me, believe this? Give me another good reason I’m drawn to the smell of the Bug-a-Bag Japanese Beetle Trap in my back yard? These traps send out an olfactory signal which just immediately catches my attention. It’s [...]

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I woke up ridiculously early this morning. Somewhere in the 4am hour. I was in bed pretty early so I got “enough” sleep. I did my morning prayer routine. It’s not long, but it is what it is and I covered all the normal bases. 30 seconds later, I was unwilling to realize the intent [...]

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