One of my dear friends, divorced for eons, has just done something I think is tremendously brave.
She went out on a date.
And from what I understand, it went so well that a subsequent meal is planned.
I’m ever so happy for her and, girlishly, look forward to the next report.
In the past week I’ve been asked if I knew Robin Williams.
No.
Did I work with him? Yes. Have I been to his home for a meal? Yes. Bowling? Yes. Did I drop him off at places in my old, banger car so he wouldn’t be followed and recognized? Yes.
It’s not that I’m saying I’m the world’s best speller.
You really have to wonder what the world’s coming to these days. If it’s not violence in the Middle East or Putin beating his chest with aggressive military maneuverings in a vain attempt to appear taller, people in our own country seem willing to so easily descend into violence over a disagreement.
It’s very possible one can develop a feeling of apathy regarding the security of their home and belongings here in the country.
Guilty as charged.
It’s not uncommon for people, who have not been around them, to ask me,
“Are horses smart?”
I know a bride that just threw the most lavish wedding, one of two: her husband is English and within days of their respective, “I do,” they were on the plane to Oxford where he, Chris, continues work on his Ph.D. — and so that they can celebrate with his family and friends as well.
Women have often been told by psychologists that we suffer from a two-word phrase, a rather vulgar one, the second word being, ‘envy,’ in regards to what men, exclusively, have. I have always found that accusation both ridiculous and insulting.
I write this column from the office I will be occupying for the next five days while the battered floors of our IHOP are being refinished:
The beer cooler at the local Spinx station.
In all my years as a stand-up comic, I’ve never been unable to provide a snappy, ‘come-back’ to a boisterous heckler. Indeed, if you hand them enough rope, they usually end up hanging themselves and making a comic’s life much easier.
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