Pizza Hut is laying off more than 1,200 delivery drivers in and around Los Angeles. The reason? The company will tell you it’s just a coincidence that the layoffs are coming just a few weeks before California increases the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 an hour. But
There’s one thing I dislike more than picking up dog poop. That’s picking up someone else’s dog’s poop. As I’ve probably mentioned, I’ve been walking dogless since March when we lost our pet of 14 years. When you’re walking without having to pay attention to a dog, you start to
I’m sure most of you already know not to believe pretty much anything you see online. But, even the wariest of us can still occasionally trip up and, every once in a while, take something on faith. Today, I present three examples of why you should stop doing that. Here’s
A few weeks back, I told you about my left knee. It’s wearing out. When I was young and immortal, no one told me that I had a limited number of knee bends and straightens. After running a couple thousand miles when I was much younger and riding my bike
I can solve the whole problem of preferred pronouns. But I’m going to need your help. If we all work together, preferred pronouns will be a thing of the past in about three weeks. Remember a few episodes ago when I said it was impossible to be more crazy than
After my heart attack in 2021, I was told that I should start paying attention to my blood pressure. Up until that point, my blood pressure had always been fine. But I decided to take their advice and invest in a BP monitor. What nobody told me was that blood
Now that Women’s History Month is behind us, it’s time for me to say something. I would have said something sooner, but I didn’t want to distract us from celebrating women’s history. But now that the month is over, and we’re back to ignoring the accomplishments of women like we
After our son was born just over 31 years ago, we began passing milestone after milestone. For example, one milestone was when he first realized it was himself in the mirror, another was when he became smarter than a cat and then when he became smarter than a dog. After
A few years ago, my neighbor invited me to go fishing with him and his buddies just off the coast of Southern California. I’m not really a fisherman but didn’t have anything to do that day so I went along for the ride. I’m usually OK on boats. But, as
I’ve been thinking about our election process for a good long time. I started writing my blog a few months before the 2020 elections. I initially started posting on Facebook, but once they started filtering my posts, I decided it was time to get off Facebook and on to a