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Today is Yesterday’s Tomorrow
That’s a tomorrow problem. Mark PetruskaFeb. 21, 2022 The problem with tomorrow problems is, tomorrow they turn into today problems. Which is why it was especially hard to crawl out of bed on Tuesday morning after a long weekend. We traded in a cozy basement with movies, wine, and a fire in the hearth for…
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We’ll Be Saving Our Road Trips for Months Not Ending in -uary.
Well, we made it to Buffalo and back safe and sound. But we almost didn’t. And by the way, Google Maps, that’s Buffalo, Wyoming. Not New York. It does not take 21 hours to travel 210 miles…though for a while there, I thought it might. Before we set out on our trip, I was worried…
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Life Would Be Simpler if Bricks Were Like LEGOs
I was listening to the radio on the way to work and the morning show hosts were talking with a caller who happened to be a bricklayer. And I thought, what a ridiculously easy job that must be. I’ve been able to stack since I was two years old. But I realized there was probably…
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No Wolf, No Wall Street (But Maybe a Little Coke)
I checked the mail yesterday and saw that Tara had a special delivery. “Your porno mag’s here!” I told her, and tossed it onto the dining room table. She looked at me askance and then burst out laughing. Hey, scoff if you will, but there were some nice melons on page 84. If you don’t…
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Could’a Made a Lotta Clams By Now
It’s nice that the sun is coming up a little earlier now and setting later. It makes for some scenic evening commutes. Not so nice? Driving over a curb when turning into the parking lot of your favorite coffee shop because you’re temporarily blinded by the rising sun. I wanted a jolt, but the kind…
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Mr. Sassypants Strikes Again
We were having our weekly marketing meeting over Teams last week and my boss said I was being sassy. (He wasn’t mad or anything. He laughed when he said it.) This followed my comment in which I told D, my supervisor, “Sure, I’ll have that assignment done before noon. As long as you don’t drone…
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