Month: December 2016

It’s a common euphemism. In the early hours of 25 December 2016 a friend of mine lost her mother.   Less obvious, just over 12 hours later George Michael finished celebrating his Last Christmas.   I am expecting a lot of negativity for that last turn of phrase.  Nevertheless, my friend is a good bellwether who I … [Continue reading “So how bad was it, really?”]

One of the problems of growing older is that in most cases so do the heroes of our youth. Many of the entertainers I loved in my youth died from what I refer to as rock and roll causes: an overdose, gunfire, a car accident and the ubiquitous plane crash. Today the musicians we heard on … [Continue reading “The demise of the rock and roll death”]

The men’s room where I work has a motion sensor in it. Walk into the darkness and a light goes on to enable one to seek relief without making a mess.  But to me that toilet presented a challenge: could one enter, relieve oneself and leave before the light flickered on? I have always had … [Continue reading “Life is Punderful No. 3: a superhero fantasy?”]