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Why Do We Keep Pressing Forward When We Really Don’t Want To? March 22, 2023March 22, 2023
The Boomerang Makes its Turn March 15, 2023March 15, 2023
I Have Some Things on My Mind March 8, 2023March 11, 2023
Expat Chronicles: Taking a Dip in Bath March 1, 2023March 3, 2023
Hate, Facebook Style February 22, 2023
Dear Writers: The Bots Are Coming for Your Job. Think About a Career Change (Just Kidding!) (Sort of) February 13, 2023
Expat Chronicles: ‘Round Town February 7, 2023February 8, 2023
Decades After a Guru on the Run Got Captured in My Hometown, a Documentary About Him Reveals the Truth About American Liberty February 1, 2023
Wetting My Whistle During Dry January January 24, 2023January 24, 2023
Book News: A Story of Mine Has Been Published in this Handsome Anthology. That is All January 23, 2023January 23, 2023
I Keep Waiting (and Waiting and Waiting) For American Men to Find Their Lost Tennis Mojo January 18, 2023January 19, 2023
A Lovesome Thing January 11, 2023January 12, 2023
Two Sets of Believers, United in Bigotry January 4, 2023
Farewell to the Year Before 2023; Hello to the Year After 2022 December 28, 2022December 28, 2022
Winding Down the Kid Christmas Years, Maybe Forever December 20, 2022
I Left the South, But its Music Follows Me Everywhere I Go December 14, 2022
A Blog About Living a Full and Meaningful Life, Because You Asked* December 7, 2022December 7, 2022
Dylan, Revisited November 30, 2022
My Quadrennial Dose of Soccer (aka Football) Fever Hath Arrived (We did Blow a Winneth ‘Gainst Wales, but England Await!)* November 23, 2022
Breaking News: Two A-Holes Have Horrible Week; World LOLs! November 15, 2022
The Reading List, No. 10: Books I’ve Recently Finished, Featuring Mobsters, Wolves, and the First Lady of Jazz November 9, 2022
My Torrid Affair with American Politics is Heading for a Divorce November 1, 2022
Home Alone: The Family is On Vacation, I Am Not, the Food is Spicy, And the Bathroom is Close By October 26, 2022
There Will Be No Blogging in this Blog October 19, 2022
What the Music Industry Used to Be, Before It Became Whatever It Is Now October 11, 2022
I Am Now a Gamer Dad, And I Suck At It, But My Daughter Doesn’t Care October 4, 2022October 5, 2022
Roger the Magnificent September 28, 2022November 5, 2022
At What Point Does Our Quest for Freedom Become its Own Cage? September 21, 2022
The Sun Also Ariseth, and the Sun Goeth Down September 14, 2022September 14, 2022
Some Americans Think the Richest Country on Earth Is Headed for a Civil War. How Cute. September 6, 2022
Why Do We Blog? Why Do You? (Why Do I?) August 31, 2022August 31, 2022
The Writing Life: The Importance of Nailing the First Three Paragraphs, Genre Be Damned August 24, 2022August 25, 2022
Expat Chronicles: A Swing Through Europe, Post-Covid, Where the Streets are Jammed, the Heat is Hot, and the Souvenir Vendors Hate You (Well, Not All of Them) August 18, 2022August 18, 2022
The Writing Life: What is it With Some Male Authors and Their Cluelessness About Female Characters? July 27, 2022
If We’re Going to Talk About the Working Class, Let’s At Least be Honest About It July 20, 2022July 21, 2022
Stranger Squid Things: How Streaming Shows Have Raised the Writing Bar July 13, 2022
Who Among Us Has What It Takes to Be the Very Best? (Or the Time, Or the Inclination….) July 6, 2022July 6, 2022
Leave Me Alone, I’m Eating June 28, 2022June 29, 2022
One Foot in Front of the Other: Repeat June 22, 2022
An Industry of Dunces, Part 2:  Very Voodoo Anniversary Edition June 15, 2022
The Reading List, No. 9: Books I’ve Recently Finished June 8, 2022June 9, 2022
The Same Horrors Keep Repeating Themselves, and the Richest Country in the World Can’t Come Up with an Answer May 25, 2022May 25, 2022
Expat Chronicles: The Queen is Having a Platinum Jubilee, and All I Got Was this Lousy Traffic Jam May 17, 2022May 17, 2022
An Industry of Dunces, Part 1 May 10, 2022May 11, 2022
No Two Shadows, No Two Ghosts May 3, 2022May 7, 2022
Free Speech, Social Media, and Why Mega-Billionaires Don’t Really Care About Your Right to Say What You Want April 26, 2022
Lucky 13: Songs that Send Me into A Trance of Time and Place April 20, 2022
Expat Chronicles: A Trip to the Land of Wizards, Witchcraft, Brainiacs — and 5,000 Plant Species! April 13, 2022
The Writing Life: Did You Choose This Career, or Did It Choose You? April 4, 2022April 4, 2022
The Time a Country Barber Shared His Wisdom, and Why We Could All Use It March 29, 2022
Tough Plough Through Dough: Reacquainting Myself with the Lunacy of the English Language March 23, 2022March 23, 2022
Expat Chronicles: When War is Just a Short Plane Ride Away March 15, 2022
The Reading List, No. 8: Agatha, Frank & Dino, People with Bones – And More! March 8, 2022April 16, 2022
Writing With Pictures Instead of Words March 2, 2022
You are a Parent Forever, But Your Kids are Kids for Only a Short While February 22, 2022
Lucky 13: The Foods I Crave, to the Point of Obsession February 16, 2022February 17, 2022
Should Writers Adapt to Changing Public Perceptions of What is Offensive? (Hint: It’s a Slippery Slope) February 9, 2022
World Exclusive! Voodoo Hideaway Review! February 8, 2022April 16, 2022
Daydream #1 in B Flat February 2, 2022
A Nice Refreshing Swim January 26, 2022January 27, 2022
The Reading List, No. 7: X Chromosome Edition January 19, 2022April 16, 2022
I Purchased New Technology, And Am Now Invincible (Though I Haven’t Really Set It Up Yet, And Probably Won’t Until February) January 12, 2022January 13, 2022
The Writing Life: Everything You Need to Know to Become a Successful Author – Like Me!* January 4, 2022January 5, 2022
A Midwinter Night’s Musings on the New Year, the Pandemic, and Being True to Thine Own Self December 29, 2021December 29, 2021
The Reading List, No. 6: Yuletide Edition December 22, 2021
Creative Reckoning, Part 2: Back to the Drawing Board December 15, 2021December 15, 2021
Creative Reckoning, Part 1: Women Now Rule the Literary World, With Good Reason December 10, 2021December 10, 2021
Expat Chronicles: Four Years in London, and Here’s What I Think December 7, 2021
Lucky Thirteen: The Greatest Holiday Gift Guide…EVER (Tip: Buy the Book) December 1, 2021
Why We Love Music (Hint: Free Your Mind and Your A** Will Follow)* November 23, 2021November 26, 2021
The Reading List, No. 5: More Books I’ve Recently Completed November 16, 2021
Expat Chronicles: Learning the Hard Way How to Do Things the London Way November 9, 2021November 9, 2021
Expat Chronicles: We Visited Copenhagen, And What a Lykkelig Tur* It Was October 30, 2021December 2, 2021
Cloud Cover October 19, 2021October 20, 2021
What I Write About When I Write About Money (Hint: The Earth Is Too Hot, Women are Better Investors Than Men, Millions are Quitting Their Jobs, and Corporate Suits Are Now Frying Chicken) October 15, 2021October 15, 2021
Here’s a Book You Really Should Read October 13, 2021
Fine Dining October 6, 2021
Saint Christopher October 3, 2021October 3, 2021
In the Realm of the Creative Arts, Writing Is the One That Will Drive You Mad September 29, 2021
The Reading List, No. 4: More Books I’ve Recently Completed September 22, 2021
Sorry, But This Might Sting A Little…. September 15, 2021September 16, 2021
The Week a Beatle Knocked 9/11 Off the Front Page September 6, 2021September 10, 2021
My Moment of Clarity About Facebook (In Which I Finally Say: F**k Facebook) September 3, 2021September 4, 2021
Color TV September 1, 2021
Boomers, the Joneses, and the Voodoo of Writing August 24, 2021August 25, 2021
History Keeps Repeating Itself, And People Keep Ignoring It August 20, 2021
On a Bicycle Built for One August 17, 2021
The Reading List: More Books I Recently Completed August 15, 2021August 15, 2021
Expat Chronicles: America Was Fun, Flying Sucks, And I Can’t Sleep August 10, 2021August 10, 2021
Back to London, And Back to Work August 7, 2021August 8, 2021
Expat Chronicles: A Pre-Travel Travel Blog July 19, 2021July 19, 2021
Book News: A Review of “Voodoo Hideaway” on Readers’ Favorite July 14, 2021
Expat Chronicles: No, It’s Not Coming Home, Mate July 12, 2021
The Reading List: More Books I Recently Completed July 7, 2021July 7, 2021
My F**ked Up Wimbledon Experience June 28, 2021
A Very Voodoo Spotify Playlist June 23, 2021June 26, 2021
The Day of the Voodoo June 20, 2021June 26, 2021
Father’s Day is Sunday: Buy Him the Best Gift Ever June 15, 2021June 26, 2021
Lucky 13: Stupid S**t June 9, 2021
Book News: Voodoo Hideaway Promotion on Goodreads June 2, 2021

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