FUN AND GAMES
When I watch my grandchildren, or really any kids at all, I am often amazed at how sophisticated (even jaded at times) they are. They...
MYSTIC FROM THE EAST
My son, Devin, is the authority on all things comic. He has spent much of his life examining the stylings of a variety of comics, from...
CULTURAL SHIFT
There are elements of the past I find far preferable to elements of today. What crotchety old person doesn't feel that way?! But there...
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT
The following is all true. These events took place in the mid-1970s. When I was a first-year teacher of students in 8th-12th grades at...
THE ROYAL VIKING
My first job was delivering Newsday, Long Island's tabloid paper, on my bicycle in the afternoons. My second job was tending to fifteen...
ALTERNATIVE FACTS
I'm having a little fun with this blog post title alluding to the "alternative facts" touted by Kelly Ann Conway when she was challenged...
BIG RED
The greatest athlete of my time...was a horse. I have followed many sports--my beloved baseball, football (college and professional),...
ST. PATRICK's (Part III)
Above: In my First Holy Communion white suit with my brother Stephen and my parents. My father was about to turn 63 and my mom (here...
ST. PATRICK's (Part II)
The picture above was taken before my time at St. Pat's, but the feeling it evokes is very much in my memory. The regimentation depicted...
ST. PATRICK's (Part I)
For my schooling, I was a charge of the priests and nuns (and an occasional lay teacher) at St. Patrick's School in Glen Cove, Long...
