Month: April 2006
Watch Out, Tiger Woods
I love this time of year. We get that extra hour of sunshine. The sun is out, but it’s not too hot. The winds are just right. The perfect weather for me to not work on my golf game. I’m…
Drive My Car
I love to drive. I actually don’t mind the one-hour commute to Baltimore each day during the week. But that love is being tested. First of all, there are the gas prices. You know the drill – too much money,…
Thank You, R.E.M.
Twenty-six years ago, an event took place that changed my life. And I wasn’t even there. The rock group R.E.M. played together publicly for the first time on April 5, 1980. The event was hardly something that signaled a long…
Keep It Simple, Stupid
I had to go to a lunch presentation for work the other day. Everyone loves a free lunch, right? Wrong. I could barely recognize the stuff that filled my plate as a proper lunch. I should have expected as much…
No Rain Man
I love the movie “Groundhog Day.” One of my favorite scenes comes when Phil Connors, the irascible weatherman played by Bill Murray, tries to explain his predicament to his producer. “It’s the only possible explanation. I’m a supernatural being.” He…