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Are we going to fight or sign autographs?

You know what’s crazy? I’ll tel you what’s crazy™ Public appearances. I’m inside Nashville’s  brand new convention center. It’s the city’s new crown jewel. It’s the size of a city block. It’s a spectacle, brightly lit, commanding attention like a guitar shaped UFO hovering over the city. The Music City Center is 2 million square […]

When Parents Ruin Youth Sports

You know what’s crazy? I’ll tell you what’s crazy.™ Youth sports and the affect it has on some people. A ball. A field. Some kids. It use to be fun. I watched a GMA piece this morning. A New York Little League coach terrorized by a parent. Text messages threatening his son, his family. Text […]

College Essay: I was about to die

You Know What’s Crazy? I’ll Tell You What’s Crazy.™ With so many seniors waiting for college entrance forms; I remembered writing this. It’s a daunting task to write the perfect essay that gets you noticed at your dream school. How do you do it? What do you write about? “I don’t know what to say, […]

When Unicorns Sneeze

You know what’s crazy? I’ll tell you what’s crazy™ My nose. It’s a trumpet. It’s a vortex. It’s a tornado siren. I am blowing it incessantly. children cry. Boats manuever away from the shore. Construction workers take lunch. It’s Fred Flinstone’s Yabba Dabba Doo. It’s amazing. Like an out-of-body experience. My nose is so loud […]

OS 7 YOU SUCK!!

You know what’s crazy? I’ll tell you what’s crazy™ OS 7 That’s geek tech talk for Operating System 7. Well OS 7. You can KMA. That’s Life’s Crazy talk for … So I have an old saying if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. My stupid iphone has been asking me for weeks to upgrade my […]

A baby angel gets her wings

You know what’s crazy? I’ll tell you what’s crazy™ The variety of news at any given time. Hard and soft and poignant and lame. News comes in every flavor of the rainbow. It’s a grab bag, a box of chocolates. On this night, I’m working assidulously on a story about baby organ donation. My co-workers […]

You LOST my FOOD

You know what’s crazy? I’ll tell you what’s crazy.™Losing food at the check out counter. It’s only 5 feet long. It’s not like Columbus’ journey to the new world. The conveyor belt goes in only one direction. There isn’t a threat of a crew mutiny about falling off the edge of the Earth. It’s a […]

Keep Your Shirt On Fat Boy!

You know what’s crazy? I’ll tell you what’s crazy™ The Community Pool. With Spring in the air, I was thinking… What else is in the air. Pollen. Lawn mowers. Love. Short Skirts. Joggers, and I’m talking fat boy joggers, who shouldn’t be in a pair of Dolphin shorts, ever. I mean ever. But also on […]

no map

You know what’s crazy? I’ll tell you what’s crazy™ A 17 mile stretch of Highway that is invisible on the map. 4 lanes of concrete and guard rails and highway patrolmen, simply missing. I’m talking about I-840 in Tennessee. The highway is there. It just doesn’t show up on any maps. I’m at the only […]