Some of you know that I have this pesky ailment called cancer, which has annoyed me for four years now. Now, the good news is that it hasn’t killed me. The bad news is that it refuses to go away. The ...

Worst but funny was an 8 x 10 photo in an ornate frame of our vice principal. Second worst but even funnier was a beautifully wrapped huge box filled with ALL the teacher mugs a colleague had received ...

Well, here we are again. The holidays have crept up on us and we’re about to spend a possibly extended period of time with our blood relatives. “Blood” being the operative word here, and hopefully ...

Holiday greetings, my friends. It’s time for my annual public service column, in which I explain to you how to keep your annoying relatives off your back during the precious holiday time you’re ...

For those of you lucky enough to know me, you might guess what’s coming next. Yes, the holidays are upon us, so it’s time for me to update my annual lecture on how to create an Invisible Friend.