I lost a good friend a couple of weeks ago.  He would have been eighteen years old if he had lived until early November. That means he spent more time living under the same roof with me than any living creature except maybe my parents. I tell people that Dusty was a rescue dog … [Read more...]

Trends on the left coast seem to make their way here eventually.  Marketing super expensive properties with story lines in them actually seems to have started on the Gold Coast of Australia but this West Hollywood home apparently had a $40,000 marketing budget. That might not be … [Read more...]

As my birthday rapidly approached, I stared at the card from the DMV saying I had to come to one of their offices to take and eye test and renew my license. What fun. One of my first impressions of Durham when I moved here in the fall of 1984 was the DMV office. If the scene … [Read more...]

I have never been one to take great physical risks. Rock climbing looks idiotic me and I’ll never jump out of an airplane. However, when guys start talking about their close brushes with disaster, I do have a story to tell. After my junior year at Notre Dame, a few of my … [Read more...]

I'll admit I got a little perturbed by a lack of response to emails and phone calls from the police detective that was investigating the burglary at my home and I let her know it. In fact, it was starting to annoy me more than the burglary itself.  For someone that spends a lot … [Read more...]