From the 1950s Until Now, 75 Years of Wow
As an old guy with most of my life behind me, I’ve been thinking about my past, which is 75 years of Wow. No worries, this is not a boring history class with lots of dates and places to memorize. Read More …
Category: Author Musings
Marketing Is a Mystery to Me
Marketing is a mystery to me. I am a Ph.D. pharmacologist who had a long career in drug and biotech development. I never learned anything about selling stuff. Frankly, I do not like advertisements/commercials, whether they’re on TV, online, on Read More …
Basketball, The Road Not Meant to Be
We’re into March Madness, and as an old man looking back over my life I’ve been thinking, part of it was about basketball, the road not meant to be. I was born in Indiana, when Bobby Knight was a god, Read More …
Subaru WRX, Why Doesn’t Everyone Have One?
I am an avid car guy, and I’ve found my favorite. That would be a Subaru WRX, why doesn’t everyone have one? I love to research cars, read about cars, look at cars, test drive cars. To my wife’s dismay, Read More …
City Versus Country, Which is Safer Place to Live? Part 2
Now for the conclusion of ‘City Versus Country, Part 2, Which is Safer Place to Live’. Last week our heroes, (sorry, I sometimes get carried away), my family had fled the city/suburbs and moved to a peaceful mountain lake in Read More …
City Versus Country, Which is Safer Place to Live? Part 1
I believe I’ve had enough life experience at my advanced age to answer the question ‘City Versus Country, Which is Safer Place to Live?’ Upon pondering this question, the answer surprised me. Allow me to explain. City Versus Country I have Read More …
Writing Mysteries Is Fun, Marketing Not So Much
I love the creativity of writing fiction, especially murder mysteries. I have written and published a book a year since I retired in 2016. This includes a couple of dark murder mysteries and the rest comedy murder mysteries. When I Read More …
Building a Family with Three Daughters, Part 2
Somehow my wife and I managed to keep the three daughters alive through high school. I got along great with them until they reached late middle school to early high school. Then each one of them changed. They became argumentative, Read More …
Building a Family with Three Daughters, Part 1
There’s more than one way of building a family. My wife and I were told early in our marriage by a doctor whose crystal ball was busted that we’d never have children the good old biological way. So, we decided Read More …
Learning to Live with Hurricanes
Several years ago, my wife decided she wanted to be a beach bunny, and we moved to Florida, where we are now learning to live with hurricanes. I need to say up front that I realize these storms are serious, Read More …