A friend of mine has a daughter who is dealing with family addiction. Not only does she come from grandparents and parents who have their own addictions, she struggles with an addiction herself and now has a child fighting an addiction. The same situation exists in my family and more importantly, my life. It’s one…

Dear Dumb-A$$ — You are a moron for stepping off the sidewalk and into the crosswalk at 16th and Prater in Sparks. Either walk across the road or return to the sidewalk from where you came. You made a cluster of cars and trucks stop for you because the law states vehicles must stop and…

“Hey lets go get some beer,” Robert said to Adam. Adam smiled, “Yeah and we’ll go to the Knob.” As he said it he looked at me as I was the only one old enough to buy beer for the trio. “Okay,” I said without further discussion. It was a Friday night in Crescent City…

The fire department meeting had jus’ let out and I was on my way home. However, what was generally a ten minute drive would turn out to be a bit longer than usual. While heading south on U.S. 395, alongside old North Virginia Street, I could see a strange glow in the nighttime sky. Then…

Truly, I don’t want to sound as if I am complaining, being a smart-aleck or that I’m ungrateful. But I must register my surprise. My sister Deirdre sent me a birthday card. It’s the first time in eight years she’s acknowledged my birthday. Could it be she’s finally forgiven me for having bailed out on…

Kyle came home last night with a headache and sick stomach. I was asleep when he arrived so I didn’t know how bad off he was until I got up to go to work. That’s when I found him laying on the couch, something he never does, with what I believe to be a fever.…

The first thing my Bride said to me was, “You’re not allowed on the roof!” Huh?! Former Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn was on his roof in Las Vegas, working, when he fell off and died. I’d really like to know why he was on his roof in 108-degree weather in the first place.

My co-worker and friend Monica Jaye told me she ran into a woman I used to teach with a Sierra Nevada College. Monica says Lynn listens to the radio station and wanted to know if I was the same person she knew from way back when. What makes this so interesting is the fact that…

Grandma Agnes was on her deathbed, cancer eating her alive, and Dad was given emergency leave to get home before she passed away. The notification came via the Red Cross on a little yellow piece of paper. Though I was very young at the time, I recall the motor-lodge Grandpa Tom owned and in which…

Our housemate, Kay got me a small German chocolate cake. To explain “small,” it was about six-inches across and to explain “was,” — I ate it all along with drinking two large glasses of milk. By the time I was finished, I knew I would have h3ll to pay as I was super-full. I don’t…