Despite possessing discretion sufficient for most any occasion, occasionally I come up with what I think is a good line and it’s out of my mouth before it ever hits a decorum filter of any kind. Five or so years ago, I went to a localization luncheon for the software I was working on. All … Read more
When I would go to see my mother in Anniston, we played a lot of Scrabble. We’d play, drink coffee, and laugh all night. She’s been gone for six years, and if I could do one thing with my mom today, it would be that. But during everyone else’s waking hours, we’d play Pictionary. Nobody … Read more
Mom spent the mid- to late ’70s in and out of Columbia House, and she bought a lot of what was popular at the time. That means that in addition to competently performed but moderately banal rock like Sanford-Townsend and Orleans, I’ve got plenty of full-on disco in my memory too. The disco tunes that … Read more