Shite My Parents Say

The following is a story I wrote the company newsletter while working as a Bellman at the Hyatt at Fisherman’s Wharf newsletter back in the 1990s. The premise for the article was to gather stories from various folks in the hotel and leave it to the reader to determine...

Summer reading for hight school. Ususally 1-3 books of 250ish page lenght. Summer these is no reading but plenty of time. Summerr deadline it becuase a math exercise   50 pages a day for next 30 days. etc.

The following is a story I wrote the company newsletter while working as a Bellman at the Hyatt at Fisherman’s Wharf newsletter back in the 1990s. The premise for the article was to gather stories from various folks in the hotel and leave it to the reader to determine...

Moderator: "The word is: Delineate" Contestant:  "Del-in-ee-ate? Humm, Del-in-eeh-ate. Can you use that in a sentence please? Moderator: "Sure. Spell the word: Delineate"

Andy was the first of us to get married, and he was thankfully doing it on the other side of the country, forcing his Sunset pals to go on a air-n-road trip. The wedding was in upper-state New York but we decided to take the opportunity to hang out in New York City...

A couple of years before the original Good Friday (I have THE BEST Good Friday story, but I'll tell you that later), the crowd-favorite, Barabbas, was standing trial for the murder of a local man, Lazarus. The trial had been going on for days, and Barabbas' defense...

You may have noticed that some singers are forever-nicknamed by some of their most popular songs or lyrics, even when the songs were not directly written about themselves. John Lennon is often referred to as "The Walrus;" Elton John is "Rocket Man;" Madonna the...

So, I wrote a book. Yes, that sounds weird to me too. It's a compilation of my "Festivus 'Airing of Grievances’ Project" rants, with several new ones added in to make it worth your while. But that's not all! I’ve also added some funny illustrations, courtesy of my...

Thanks to everyone who purchased “Grievances” over the past month. The comments I’ve received online and in person have been overwhelmingly positive, which is shocking to me. There must be a lot of repressed anger out there... [Initiate Begging Routine] Anyway, if you...

Many years ago, after my father emigrated to America, his father brought one of my Dad's younger brothers to a Seminary (in Ireland) to hopefully be taken in to start his journey into the priesthood. The priest at the door said, "He's kind of scrawny, isn't he?" My...