I’m a sure-footed and graceful gazelle, that one which trips, then tumbles over a twig in its path, leaving the chasing cheetah chuckling quickly to its lunch table.

why do we seek
achievement
as the main way
to be worthy
of respect
and
what is
achievement
and
what is the real
value in it
each a question
that must be
answered
internally

I was sad because I didn’t have a mask, but then I saw a man without ears.

“Why in the hell do you make it sound like you’re a heavy drinker?” my wife asked, “When we both know that you’re not.”

“Persona,” I answered, “Strictly persona.”

“I don’t even know what that means,” she returned.

“Well, persona means…” I began.

“I know the definition,” she said in frustration, “I jus’ don’t get why you want that to be you persona. It’s not a very flattering.”

“Yeah,” I replied, “But it does make me seem a little more of a character than the flat, two-dimensional person I really am.”

“Still doesn’t make any sense to me,” she finished.

“Well, I can’t make myself any taller or even anymore devastatingly handsome than I already am, can I?” I shot back.

“Oh shit,” she said, rolling her eyes at me with her broad smile.

Two Los Angeles Times reporters are traveling throughout rural California, (including Crescent City, Del Norte County, where I grew up,) filing news stories about how people are dealing with COVID-19. So, imagine coming from a heavily populated area with a number of infected and deaths to small towns where they’re not seeing the same numbers. Ignorance supreme.

CNN’s Chris Cuomo says his battle with COVID-19 has made him realize that his show isn’t “worth my time.” This is proof of how slow ‘Fredo,’ really is, as most viewers figured out years ago that his show wasn’t worth the time either.

NASA’s $1 billion Juno spacecraft completed its eleventh trip around the planet Jupiter, sending back a bunch of new pictures, and yet no one could maintain the camera in Jeffery Epstein’s New York jail cell.

My wife has never allowed anyone, including me, especially me, to eat in her car, but since ‘social distancing,’ it has become our new lunchroom and sometimes even our favorite restaurant.

Remember, farting in a bubble bath does not add to either the foam or the aroma.

I can remember when we used to watch TV shows because we thought we might like them and not because there is nothing else on.