This past year, for the first time since 2019, I did a full schedule as Santa. Now, during the Covid follies I did virtual stuff for old clients and charities, but I couldn’t bring myself to wear a mask and … Continue reading →
I’m back! After a ten-day hiatus to recover from surgery to remove a skin cancer, I’m back in the chair/on the bench as Santa. It was a tough decision, but getting the cancer off of my nose as early as … Continue reading →
Right about the time my running shoes logged mile 12 on Monday the 3rd of October, I met Dave. He was hard to spot, hidden at the end of the carport and screened from easy view by a pile of … Continue reading →
The Master Chief had taken a console in Combat just to kill the boredom. Nothing deader than Christmas Eve in the middle of the Pacific ocean. Besides, the petty officer who had been sitting the position was nodding off. A … Continue reading →
We spend an awful lot of time doing two things at Christmas time in the United States: catering to five year old children, and hawking large luxury items that most of us don’t actually need. What we don’t do is … Continue reading →