The week before Michael Jackson died, I bought “Say Say Say” from iTunes. To be honest, this was a coincidence: I was in a cheesy-former-Beatles mood, and not on a Michael Jackson bender. However, I have all my life felt obligated to turn Michael Jackson jokes around with, “Okay, but he made some great dance […]
Read More Death Becomes HimI was not invited to the economic meltdown. I went to work in a field with little prospect for financial advancement and infinite job security. (Teachers and undertakers remained solvent during the Great Depression. I’m the former.) Even worse: I didn’t invest. My only retirement savings has been through the state pension fund. I own my car, and […]
Read More Teachers and Undertakers1. Stared across Missouri and radiated disbelief. 2. I hand my brother a book, and he reads the whole thing in two hours straight. 3. I chatter pathetically as I approach the scary roller coaster, and later attempt to photograph some ducks who had been making love in the bushes. 4. With both of us […]
Read More Vacation in 10 Sentences.
Going On 