Unusual business requests are no joke
-Good-natured approach stands out Drop Us a Line Sucker (1995) We asked; they replied. Lamely. Wondering how businesses would reply to the ridiculous, my business-partner brother and…
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It’s a Wonderful Nope
Clockwise from top: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Carol Coombs, Jimmy Hawkins, Larry Simms and Karolyn Grimes. (Photo by Herbert Dorfman/Corbis via Getty Images) Back in…
The one and only
On Bobby Knight and Being a Hoosier Robert Montgomery Knight died at age 83 on November 1, 2023 Legend. Fate placed me back in Bloomington,…
Formative humor
Originally published in 2020 Got a feeling '21 is gonna be a good year. Below is the result of about eight years of list-making... My…
Book review: Tarzan Forever
The wild life and legacy of Edgar Rice Burroughs (1997) Biographer John Taliaferro asserts it would be foolhardy to read an Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan…
Authenticity
Light rain descended on Lake Geneva on a quiet, 62-degree Thursday I've been interested for a while now in the concept of authenticity in daily…
Sunday nights
Making late-night Sundays special defies the Monday blues I saw a news item recently that mentioned the phenomenon of the “Sunday Scaries,” described in the…
Soaring
May 7, 2023 Recounting yesterday’s unforgettable alpine flying tour. Woody wrote to me at the end of my preparations for the trip to tell me…
Back in Switzerland
May 6, 2023 Spring is in the air and the seasonal overcast and rains have gone from Switzerland as I write this on Friday, May…
From the deck
I'm visiting my brother James "Woody" Wade in Lausanne during May, taking advantage of the stunning view of Lake Geneva to put a few recent…
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